Backround Slide

Conductor: a substance, body, or device that readily conducts heat, electricity, sound, etc.

<- Copper is a good conductor of electricity.

Luster: a gentle sheen or soft glow, especially that of a partly reflective surface.

Gold is a good example of luster. ->

Malleable: able to be hammered or pressed without breaking or cracking.

Iron is very malleable once molded.

Ductile: able to be drawn out into a thin wire.

Copper is very ductile.

Bonding: an attraction between two atoms.

Metalloid: an element that is both metal and nonmetal.

Metalloids can conduct heat but don't have to be malleable and vice versa.