What is the element of these two riddles? I can be hammered and I cry when I am

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What is the element of these two riddles?

I can be hammered and I cry when I am bent

I do not rust,corrode or react in any way

I help join two metals together and manufacture other alloys

What am I ?

I help keep the time and keep the pressure up in deep wells. I melt in your hand if I don't burn in the air first. I'm a real softy, and I'm (electro)positive you will guess my name.        

What am i?

I can be hammered and I cry when I am bent

I do not rust,corrode or react in any way

I help join two metals together and manufacture other alloys

What am I ?

Explanation / Answer

a)

This could be Tin, Sn, since it won't react readily with O to be oxidized, but it will not bent, due to its hardnesS/fragibility

b)

This must be gallium, since it is one of the only material/elements that will melt in your hand

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