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malleable a term used to describe msterial that can be hammered or rolled into shape ductile a term used to describe a material that can be pulled out into a long wire conductor a substance that transmits heat or electricity easily magnetic a characteristic of those metals that are attracted to magnets and can be made into magnets reactivity the ease and speed with which one element or compound combines with other elements and compounds corrosion the gradual wearing away of a metal element due to a chemical reaction alloy a mixture of two or more metals alkali metal an element in group 1 of the periodic table alkaline earth metal an element in group 2 of the periodic table transition metal an element in group 3 through 12 of the periodic table lanthanide an element in the first row of the rare earth elements in the periodic table actinide an element in the second row of the rare earth elements in the periodic table