What word describes the ability of a metal to be drawn into thin wire?
Question #41776. Asked by RaeRae55.
Siskin
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Siskin
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Extrusion
Nov 30 2003, 7:35 AM
harish_256
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harish_256
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Ductility
Nov 30 2003, 8:13 AM
gmackematix
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The classic example of ductility being gold. One ounce can theoreticall be drawn into a wire 43 miles long [Source: an old "Guinness Book of Records" from before it went trashy] ! I don't know what the furthest is that a piece of gold has actually been drawn.
