6.6 A Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids

a material's ability to allow heat or electricity to flow.

A material that does not conduct heat or electric current

elements that are typically solid, shiny, malleable, and good conductors of heat and electricity; includes most elements

elements that are typically not shiny (dull), not malleable, and poor conductors of heat and electricity; usually gases or brittle solids

elements that have properties of both metals and nonmetals; sometimes referred to as

semiconductors

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the way a mineral reflects light (shiny)

Tending to break easily rather than to flex or bend

the ability to be pulled into thin wires. Ex. copper

the ability of a substance to be hammered or beaten into thin sheets without shattering

chart in which all the known elements are

arranged by properties and are represented by chemical symbols