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Milton Wood
30 August, 21:02
Why are metals flexible?
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Daisy Bray
30 August, 23:55
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They are malleable/ductile because there are free mobile ions between positive ions which make up the pure metal (metals easily lose electrons, hence the mobile ions). This means that the metals can be formed into a different shape because the electrons can move around between those spaces
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