Malleability refers to the the property of many metals
which allows them to be deformed easily by hammering or pressing. the most malleable
metal is gold. It can be hammered into thin foils only 0.0025 millimetre
thick
Other malleable metals, arranged from high to low
malleability are silver, lead, copper, aluminium, tin, platinum, zinc, iron and
nickel.
A characteristics of metals closely, but not
precisely, related to malleability is ductility. Metals that are malleable are also
ductile. The most ductile metals listed in order of their malleability are gold, silver,
platinum, iron, nickel, copper, aluminium, zinc, tin and lead.
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