Vocab Test 7 Flashcards
Alkaline earth metal
Metallic elements found in second periodic table group. Good conductors of electricity hard and gray white
Alkai metals
Found in group on the periodic table and are very reactive and do not occur in nature freely.
Transition metals
metallic elements that serve as a bridge between two sides hard and shiny
Corrosion
Reaction of a metal with oxygen to form rust
Malleable
Material that can be hammered into sheets and other shapes
Particle accelerator
Moves nuclear particles fast enough to make larger nuclei powerful machine.
Conductivity
Ability to transmit heat or electricity to other objects.
Ductile
Can be drawn into a wire
Reactivity
The ease and speed with which an element combines with other elements and compounds.
Semi conductor
A substance that carries electricity under certain circumstances but not other circumstances
Diatomic molecule
Formed of two atoms
Halegon
Found in group 17 and family of very reactive elements whose atoms gain or share one electron.
Noble gases
A family of u reactive elements whose atoms do not gain lose or share valence electrons
Mettaloid
Hard and brittle and contain some of the characteristics of metals and some of no metals
Non metal
Solid non metals are dull and brittle. They are the opposite of a metals. Poor conductors of heat and electricity