ductility and malleability; physical property of metals
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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ductility and malleability; the property of a metal that allows it to be drawn into a wire (ductility) or hammered into thin sheets (malleability)
Technical term in materials science and metallurgy. 延性 (yánxìng) specifically refers to ductility (drawing into wires), while 展性 (zhǎnxìng) refers to malleability (hammering into sheets). Gold and silver are known for their excellent 延展性.
Huáng黄
jīn金
jù具
yǒu有
hěn很
hǎo好
de的
yán延
zhǎn展
xìng性
，
kě可
yǐ以
bèi被
lā拉
chéng成
jí极
xì细
de的
jīn金
sī丝
。
Gold has excellent ductility and malleability and can be drawn into extremely fine gold wires.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
xīn新
xíng型
hé合
jīn金
de的
yán延
zhǎn展
xìng性
hěn很
chà差
，
bù不
néng能
yā压
chéng成
báo薄
piàn片
。
This new type of alloy has poor malleability and cannot be rolled into thin sheets.
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Yán延
zhǎn展
xìng性
shì是
jīn金
shǔ属
de的
zhòng重
yào要
wù物
lǐ理
xìng性
zhì质
zhī之
yī一
。
Ductility and malleability are among the important physical properties of metals.
Yín银
de的
yán延
zhǎn展
xìng性
jǐn仅
cì次
yú于
jīn金
，
zài在
gōng工
yè业
shàng上
yǒu有
guǎng广
fàn泛
yìng应
yòng用
。
Silver's ductility and malleability are second only to gold, giving it wide industrial applications.