Why copper can be drawn out into long,thin wire?

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anor277 · Emily
May 19, 2018

Because copper is a metal....

Explanation:

And metals display the typical metallic properties of:

#"(i). malleability, the ability of a metal to be beaten out into a"# #"sheet; cf. malleus, Latin for hammer."#

#"(ii). Ductility, the ability of a metal to be drawn out into a wire."#

#"(iii). Thermal and Electrical Conductivities"#.

These properties are conceived to derive from metallic bonding, which features delocalized electrons and a non-molecular structure....

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