Question

You can make a copper wire but not a coal wire. It is because:

• A. Copper is malleable but coal is not.
• B. Copper is ductile but coal is not.
• C. Copper is sonorous but coal is not.
• D. when coal is tried to turn into wire, it start burning.

Answer 1

The correct option is B

Copper is ductile but coal is not.

It is because copper is ductile. It can be drawn into wires without breaking but coal, being a non-metal is not ductile. Hence, when we try to make coal into a wire, it crumbles.