Question

Name the following:
(i) The property possessed by metals by which they can be beaten into sheets.

Answer 1

• The capacity of metals to be beaten into sheets is known as malleability.

Other properties of metals:

• The ability of metals to be stretched into wires is known as ductility.
• Metals are ductile and malleable.
• Metals can be pounded into thinner sheets after being hammered.