Substances which can be beaten into sheets are called ______. (ductile/malleable)

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Substances which can be beaten into sheets are called malleable.
Malleability - The property of the substance by which it can be beaten into thin sheets.
For example - metals like aluminium can be beaten into sheets and thus we get aluminium foil.
Ductility is the property due to which some substances can be made into thin wires.
Therefore, Substances which can be beaten into sheets are called malleable.

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