Question

Ductility is the property of a substance that allows it to be easily stretched into a wire. A small piece of silver weighing just one gram, can be drawn into a wire of :

• A. ten feet long
• B. ten inches long
• C. one inch long
• D. two miles long

Answer 1

The correct option is D two miles long

The metals can be drawn into thin wires. Gold and silver are the best ductile metals. Copper and aluminium are also very ductile and can be drawn into thin copper wires and aluminium wires.

It is to be noted that a small piece of silver weighing just one gram can be drawn into a wire of approximately two miles long.