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Chemical Building Blocks- Ch.3 Sec. 3

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metal   a class of elements characterized by physical properties that include shininess, malleability, ductility, and conductivity  
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malleable   a term used to describe material that can be pounded into shapes  
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ductile   a term used to describe a material that can be pulled out into a long wire  
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conductivity   the ability of an object to transfer heat or electricity to another object  
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reactivity   the ease and speed with which an element combines or reacts with other elements and compounds  
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corrosion   the gradual wearing away of a metal element due to a chemical reaction  
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alkali metal   an element in Group 1 of the periodic table  
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alkaline earth metal   an element in Group 2 of the periodic table  
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transition metal   one of the elements in Groups 3 through 12 of the periodic table  
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alloy   a mixture of two or more elements, one of which is a metal  
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particle accelerator   a machine that moves atomic nuclei at higher and higher speeds until they crash into one another, sometimes forming heavier elements  
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