🔨 Malleability, Malleability is the property of a material that allows it to be beaten or rolled into thin sheets without breaking., 🔨 Example: Beating an iron nail with a hammer., 🪙 Malleability of Metals, 🥉 Copper, aluminium and iron are generally malleable., 🔨 They can be shaped by hammering or rolling., 🥪 Aluminium foil is used for wrapping food., 🍬 Silver foil is used to decorate sweets., 🥇 Gold and silver are highly malleable., ✨ They can be made into very thin sheets called gold leaf and silver leaf., ⚠️ Exceptions, 🔪 Sodium and potassium are very soft metals and can be cut with a knife., 🌡️ Mercury is a metal but is liquid at room temperature., 🌡️ Mercury has been used in devices such as thermometers and barometers.

🔨 Malleability

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