Properties and Characteristics of Materials

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Characteristics of a substance that can be observed or measured without changing the substance's composition.

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Physical Properties

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Characteristics of a substance that determine how it will react with other substances.

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Chemical Properties

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Elements that are typically hard, shiny, malleable, ductile, and good conductors of heat and electricity.

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Metals

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Elements that are usually not shiny, not malleable, not ductile, and poor conductors of heat and electricity.

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Nonmetals

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Elements with properties of metals and nonmetals.

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Metalloids

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The ability of a substance to be deformed or molded into a different shape.

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Malleable

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The ability of a substance to be stretched into a wire without breaking.

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Ductile

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The way a mineral reflects light from its surface; how shiny it appears.

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Luster

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A property of a material that breaks or shatters easily.

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Brittle

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Lacking brightness or sheen.

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Dull