Question

The property due to which a metal produce a ringing sound is

Answer 1

Answer:

sonorous

The metals that produce a sound on striking a hard surface are said to be sonorous

Answer 2

The ‘property’ due to which a ‘metal produces a ringing sound’ is ‘sonority’.  

Explanation:

• Metals are usually solid, malleable, lustrous and ductile elements made up of atoms with positive charges.  

• They are rather heavy and when struck by a heavy material produces a peculiar clanging sound.  

• This property of a metal to produce a deep resonating and ringing sound when struck by a solid material is called sonority.  

• It is characteristic of all metals except ‘mercury’. Thus metals are used to make bells and other sound producing gadgets.