Chemistry
What do you understand by the statement — 'Metals are ductile and malleable? Give one example of each.
Answer
Metal are ductile, means they can be drawn or stretched into thin wires and malleable means they can be beaten into thin sheets.
Example of a ductile metal : Copper is highly ductile and is commonly used in electrical wiring.
Example of a malleable metal : Aluminium is malleable and is used to make foil and packaging materials.
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(a) What do you understand by 'Periodic Table'.
(b) A part of the Periodic table is given below with the symbols of some elements. Write the symbols of the missing elements.
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Period ↓IA IIA IIIA IVA VA VIA VIIA Zero 1 H He 2 Li B N F 3 Mg Si S Ar 4 K Ca x x x x x x