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How is potassium malleable? What are the properties that make it so?
Are there any practical uses for potassium's malleability?
Yes, potassium's malleability makes it useful in certain industrial and manufacturing processes, such as in the production of alloys and as a reducing agent in the refining of metals. It is also used in some types of alkaline batteries and as a heat transfer fluid in some nuclear reactors.