| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| silver-white malleable metal |
aluminum
|
| hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite |
atomic number 28
,
Ni
,
nickel
|
| ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor |
atomic number 29
,
copper
,
Cu
|
| bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs as zinc sulphide in zinc blende |
atomic number 30
,
zinc
,
Zn
|
| soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores |
atomic number 48
,
cadmium
,
Cd
|
| silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide |
atomic number 50
,
Sn
,
tin
|
| soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia |
atomic number 79
,
Au
,
gold
|
| soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air; it is highly toxic and is used in rodent and insect poisons; occurs in zinc blende and some iron ores |
atomic number 81
,
thallium
,
Tl
|
| soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey |
atomic number 82
,
lead
,
Pb
|
| property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking |
malleability
,
plasticity
|
| someone who works metal (especially by hammering it when it is hot and malleable) |
metalworker
,
smith
|
| malleable silver-white metal |
nickel
|
| ductile and malleable whitish metal |
palladium
|
| any mixture of a soft and malleable consistency |
paste
|
| iron having a low carbon content that is tough and malleable and so can be forged and welded |
wrought iron
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