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The substance that will be flattened on beating with a hammer is:
Explanation
Explanation
This property of being flattened into sheets under hammering is called malleability, a characteristic of metals. Zinc, being a metal, is malleable, while iodine, coal, and sulphur are non-metals and are brittle (they break instead of flattening).
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