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Question
Take a small piece of copper or aluminium wire or a small nail. Hammer it repeatedly. What do you observe?
Short Answer
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Solution
- On hammering the copper/aluminium wire or iron nail repeatedly, it flattens and gradually forms a thin sheet instead of breaking.
- This shows that metals can be converted into thin sheets by hammering. This specific property of metals is called malleability.
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