Is calcium brittle? And when I mean brittle it means easy to be broken.
2006-12-10 00:42:48 · 6 answers · asked by Ivana 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Details from the source on calcium:
Hardness:Fairly hard
Brittle:None
Malleability:Medium
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2006-12-10 00:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by sarayu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calcium is pretty hard. It is normally not kept in oil and has a layer of white calcium oxide outside.
You need to use a sharp knife to slice through calcium; unlike sodium and potassium which are soft. These are group 1 metals. That said, lithium (also gp 1 metal) is hard.
I have tried all the above in my Chemistry class at PL Education Centre in Singapore.
2006-12-10 11:56:10 · answer #2 · answered by pete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
metals are not brittle. and no, if you had calcium granules, they would not break on a hammer whack.
calcium, fyi is softer than gold. if you had a rod of calcium in the size of a pen you could bend it with one hand. that's how soft it is.
metals generally become brittle if they are heat/cold treated or alloyed with a hardening agent (eg, carbon to harden iron). since calcium is not a structural metal, there is no way it is used in alloys. if you are looking for a hard group ii metal, magnesium is the better choice, and is used in expensive alloys for auto rims and recently in laptop casings.
2006-12-10 09:57:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metals are all considered to be malleable, that is, bendy. But if you hit a cold granule of calcium metal, it will probably break apart.
2006-12-10 08:46:53 · answer #4 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i hope a simple "yes" helps..its a transition series element and doesn't follow group1 and group2 rules element properties..
2006-12-10 08:47:06 · answer #5 · answered by Sunny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's more like rubberish.
2006-12-10 10:17:55 · answer #6 · answered by RickySingh2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋