Gold (Au) has a unique property because of which 1 g of gold can be drawn into a wire up to 2 km. This property of gold is known as___.

Ductility

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Malleability

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Sonority

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Lustre

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The correct option is A
Ductility

The ability of metals to be drawn into wires is called ductility. Metals such as platinum, gold, silver, copper etc. shows this property to the maximum extent.

Note:- Platinum is the most ductile metal while gold is the most malleable metal.

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