Its malleability is greatly diminished by the presence of other metals, even in very minute quantity.
The malleability of nickel is less than that of iron, standing tenth in the list of useful metals; and in ductility it also occupies the tenth position.
In point of malleability zinc stands eighth among the metals, seventh in ductility, and as regards tenacity about seventh also.
If this process is frequently repeated under a great heat, each time the metal is operated upon it loses a part of its malleability and ductility, which are both eminent characteristics of the pure metal.
Such is themalleability of Au that it has been hammered into sheets not over one-millionth of an inch thick; it is then as transparent as glass.
Descartes thought it was possible to impart malleability to glass, and Boyle is reported to have held the same opinion.
And the faith in the malleability of glass has had its martyrology as well as faith in graver things.
The stability and malleability Of the national mind 2.
Without rigidity the ancestral soul would have no fixity, and without malleability it could not adapt itself to the changes of environment resulting from the progress of civilization.
Excessive malleability of the national mind impels a people to incessant revolutions.
The stability and malleability of the national mind.
Gold, silver, marble, limestone, and sandstone are associated with massive beds of brown ore, which yields an iron already celebrated for its malleability and strength.
Southwest of Newton, iron of a superior quality is found, being remarkable for its malleability and toughness.
For several uses in the arts, these precious metals are required in an absolutely pure state, in which alone they possess theirmalleability and peculiar properties in the most eminent degree.
Its colour and malleability indicate pretty well the quality, as does its weight, the relative value of the ore.
Table of the ductility and malleability of Metals.
It preserves its malleability till it approaches the melting point.
According to Hassenfratz, its presence in small quantity does not impair the malleability of iron.
In this case the workman restores theirmalleability by annealing, or heating them red-hot.
