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Elastic and plastic 1 2 3
2

deformation

Lead can be readily
Malleability rolled and hammered

into thin sheets but can

not be drawn into wire.

Ductility is a tensile

property, whereas

malleability is a

compressive property.

Malleability increases

with an increase in

temperature.
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