the length is about 5 feet. the code on the side is ASTM F620.
Depending on the metal, it would either melt or survive with obvious scars from the current flow. The better the conductor the less effect the lightning would have. Copper used for lightning rods and grounding cables are usually completely unaffected other than perhaps getting warm but a soup can, made of thin steel (not tin; we don't use that any more) would end up pretty well destroyed.
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