Question

Iron becomes soft on cooling.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

• Generally, metals like iron (Fe) expand or become soft on heating.
• This happens because of an increase in the kinetic energy of molecules as temperature increases on heating.
• The intermolecular force holding the molecules becomes weak and the metals become soft on heating.
• While cooling the metals does not become soft.

Thus, the given statement is false.