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- 3. the abbreviations used in chemistry for chemical elements
- 5. difficult for electricity to move through
- 8. a table of the chemical elements arranged in order of atomic number, usually in rows, so that elements with similar atomic structure
- 9. a row of chemical elements
- 11. the ability of a material to be drawn or plastically deformed without fracture.
- 12. an electron in the outer shell associated with an atom
- 13. a chemical element that generally lacks a predominance of metallic properties
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- 1. the property of a metal's ability to be distorted below compression.
- 2. an element whose properties are intermediate between those of metals and solid nonmetals or semiconductors.
- 4. The six naturally occurring noble gases are helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and the radioactive radon.
- 6. a material which contains movable electric charges
- 7. a column of elements in the periodic table
- 10. a solid material that is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity
