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How Do Metal React with Solution of Other Metal Salts
Metals can be...
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Metals can be hammered into sheets but solid non-metals break under similar circumstances. Explain why this happens.
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Metals are usually malleable by nature, which means they can be beaten into thin sheets without breaking the metal.
Non-metals on the other hand are non-malleable, which means they are brittle and breaks into pieces upon being hammered.
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