| A | B |
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| density | how tightly packed the molecules are in a substance; calculated by dividing mass by volume; physical property |
| hardness | how easily something can be scratched; physical property |
| luster | shininess of a substance; physical property |
| ductility | ability to be stretched into a wire; physical property |
| malleability | ability to be hammered into a thin sheet without breaking; physical property |
| brittleness | how breakable a substance is; physical property |
| viscosity | how easily a substance flows; high viscosity flows slowly; physical property |
| electrical conductivity | how easily electricity flows through the substance; physical property |
| solubility | how easily a substance will dissolve; physical property |
| melting/freezing point | the temperature where the phase changes from solid to liquid and vice versa; physical property |
| boiling/condensing point | the temperature where the phase changes from liquid to gas and vice versa; physical property |
| magnetism | ability to be attracted to a magnet; physical property |
| transparency | ability to allow light to travel through the substance; physical property |
| combustibility | ability to react with oxygen to produce light and heat; chemical property |
| corrosion | ability to be broken down by a reaction with oxygen; also called rusting; chemical property |
| reactability | ability to react with another substance such as water or acid; chemical property |
| toxicity | ability to harm living organisms; chemical property |
| acidity or bascity | ability to donate or accept hydrogen ions; chemical property |
| radioactivity | ability to emity gamma waves or alpha or beta particles; nuclear chemical property |
