The metal properties that make up electrical wires are conductivity and ductility. Conductivity is important for free electrons to flow, hence electricity. Ductility is as well integral for strips to be formed, but with ample strength that does not break the material.
The two main types of weathering are material and chemical.
Mechanical weathering is the disintegration of rock into smaller and smaller fragments.
Chemical weathering transforms the original material into a substance with a different composition and different physical characteristics.
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