properties

• Physical properties :

  any material can be measured in their natural state
• Absorbancy :

  Soaking up something (Heat, light, moisture)

  e.g. cotton is more absorbant than acrylic
• Density :

  How solid something is

  e.g. polistyrene has a low mass (suitable for packaging)
• electrical conductivity :

  Transporting electricity

  e.g. copper does, rubber doesn't
• Fusibility :

  converted from solid to fluid state by heat or other elements

  e.g. welding
• Thermal conductivity :

  Transferring heat

  e.g. copper
• working properties :

  how a material responds when it is manipulated or worked.
• Ductility :

  something drawn out

  e.g. wire
• elasticity :

  material returning to it's regular shape after compression or stretching
• Malleability :

  the ability to bend and shape without cracking or splitting
• Hardness :

  A material withstanding impact, wear or abrasion
• strength :

  how much something withstands a force
• Toughness :

  Something absorbing slack