National Income and Product Accounts. Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2017 (Advance Estimate), and Annual Update. Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2017 (table 1), according to the advance estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 1.2 percent (revised).
Malleable metals. Malleability is a physical property of matter, usually metals. This property usually applies to the family groups 1 to 12 on the Modern Periodic Table of Elements. It is the ability of a solid to bend or be hammered into other shapes without breaking. Examples of malleable metals are gold, iron, copper (to a degree) and lead. Malleability is the ability of a metal to be hammered into thin sheets. Gold and silver are highly malleable.
Gold is the most malleable and ductile of all known metals. A single ounce of gold can be beaten into a sheet measuring roughly 5 meters on a side. Thin sheets of gold, known as gold leaf, are primarily used in arts and crafts for gilding.old is a good conductor of heat and electricity and does not tarnish when it is exposed to the air, so it can be used to make electrical connectors and printed circuit boards. Gold is also a good reflector of infrared radiation and can be used to help shield spacecraft and skyscrapers from the sun's heat.