Steel is an alloy that is used in making strong roofs because of its enhanced mechanical and chemical properties. Do you consider steel to be more or less malleable than the elements that make it? Explain your answer. Use in your answer the term lattice energy.

Steel is less malleable.

Explanation:

Steel is less malleable than the elements that make it because of the presence of carbon in it. Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon which is harder than iron because of the presence of carbon. Iron in its pure form is softer that able the atoms slip over one another. If carbon is added, they stop the iron atoms from sliding apart so easily. This makes the metal stronger and harder.

solute : a solute is a substance that is dissolved in another substance is known as a solvent. it is mixed with a special mixture know as homogeneous mixture.

solvent: a solvent is a substance that dissolved a solute, which results in a solution is known as solvent.