Question

What is the difference between ductility and malleability properties of a metal?

Answer 1

Answer:

A malleable material is one in which a thin sheet can be easily formed by hammering or rolling. ... In contrast, ductility is the ability of a solid material to deform under tensile stress. Practically, a ductile material is a material that can easily be stretched into a wire when pulled as shown in the figure below.

Answer 2

Answer:

In short, metals that are ductile or malleable are both capable of some level of plastic deformation when subjected to stress. Metals that break without significant plastic deformation are said to be brittle. In this sense brittle is the opposite of ductile or malleable.