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The nature of what gives metals the properties of being ductile and malleable?

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metallic bonds

Because of their freely moving electrons, metals are good conductors of electricity. Metals also can be shaped without breaking. They are ductile  can be shaped into wires  and malleable  can be shaped into thin sheets . Metals have these properties because of the nature of their metallic bonds.

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