Malleability of a material is the ________.

Concept:

Malleability

Malleability is the property by virtue of which a material may be hammered or rolled into thin sheets without rupture. This property generally increases with the increase of temperature.

Malleability is the ability of a metal to exhibit large deformation or plastic response when being subjected to compressive force.

Lead, soft steel, wrought iron, copper and aluminum are some materials in order of diminishing malleability.

Important Point:

Ductility

Ductility is the property of the material that enables it to be drawn out or elongated to an appreciable extent before rupture occurs.

The percentage elongation or percentage reduction in area before rupture of a test specimen is the measure of ductility. Normally if percentage elongation exceeds 15% the material is ductile and if it is less than 5% the material is brittle.

Lead, copper, aluminum, mild steel are typical ductile materials.

Brittleness

Brittleness is opposite to ductility. Brittle materials show little deformation before fracture and failure occur suddenly without any warning i.e. it is the property of breaking without much permanent distortion. Normally if the elongation is less than 5% the material is brittle. E.g. cast iron, glass, ceramics are typical brittle materials.

Explanation:

From the above explanation we can see that malleability is the Ability of material to undergo large permanent deformations in compression

Because of this property we can create metal sheets by compressing under extreme pressure