Which of the following best illustrates malleability?

Flow of thick fluid

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Burning of glass

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Hammering of steel

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All of these

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Solution

The correct option is D Hammering of steel
Malleability is the property of beating metal into sheets. If a piece of any metal – iron, copper, zinc or steel (iron) is beaten with a hammer it becomes longer and larger and do not break.
Thus metals can be obtained as thin sheets. In the given options hammering of steel is the best illustration of malleability.

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