Consider the following materials:
Copper, Sulphur, Phosphorus, Carbon (such as: pencil lead), Gold, Silver: Which of these materials are: Malleable and ductile; and brittle.
Copper, gold and silver are malleable and ductile because these are metals. All of these metals can be used to make wires and sheets.
Sulphur and phosphorous are nonmetals and cannot be rolled into wires or drawn into sheets.
Carbon, although being a nonmetal, can be drawn into pencil lead as it is an exception.
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