Chemistry · Ch 5 — Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals
Alkaline Earth Metals
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Alkaline Earth Metals
Group 2 of the modern periodic table contains six elements: beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium. All of these except beryllium are commonly called the alkaline earth metals, because their oxides and hydroxides are alkaline in nature, and because these metal …
Figure 5.5Alkaline earth metals
What this figure shows. A labelled set of photographs/samples of the six group-2 elements -- Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium -- shown as small metal pieces or symbolic images side b …