Alkaline earth element

Chemically it is one of the alkaline earth elements it readily forms a white coating of nitride in air, reacts with water, burns with a yellow-red flame, forming largely the nitride. 

Selective Reduction. In aqueous solution, europium(III) [22541 -18-0] reduction to europium(II) [16910-54-6] is carried out by treatment with amalgams or zinc, or by continuous electrolytic reduction. Photochemical reduction has also been proposed. When reduced to the divalent state, europium exhibits chemical properties similar to the alkaline-earth elements and can be selectively precipitated as a sulfate, for example. This process is highly selective and allows production of high purity europium fromlow europium content solutions (see Calcium compounds Strontiumand strontium compounds). 

In general, the chemistry of inorganic lead compounds is similar to that of the alkaline-earth elements. Thus the carbonate, nitrate, and sulfate of lead are isomorphous with the corresponding compounds of calcium, barium, and strontium. In addition, many inorganic lead compounds possess two or more crystalline forms having different properties. For example, the oxides and the sulfide of bivalent lead are frequendy colored as a result of their state of crystallisation. Pure, tetragonal a-PbO is red pure, orthorhombic P PbO is yeUow and crystals of lead sulfide, PbS, have a black, metallic luster. 

The principal use of titanium sulfides is as a cathode material ia high efficieacy batteries (11). In these appHcations, the titanium disulfide acts as a host material for various alkafl or alkaline-earth elements. 

Barium hydroxide is the strongest base and has the greatest water-solubility of the alkaline-earth elements. Barium hydroxide (barium hydrate, caustic baryta) exists as the octahydrate [12230-71 -6], Ba(OH)2 8H20, the monohydrate [22326-55-2], Ba(OH)2 H20, or as the anhydrous [17194-00-2] material, Ba(OH)2. The octahydrate and monohydrate have sp gr 2.18 and 3.74, respectively. The mp of the octahydrate and anhydrous are 77.9 °C and 407°C, respectively. 

Main Group Element Carborane Derivatives. Main group element carborane derivatives have been reviewed (231). Only a few alkaline-earth element metaHacarborane derivatives have been characterized. The icosahedral beryUacarborane, /(9j (9-3-[(CH3)3N]-3,l,2-BeC2B H, shown in Figure 24a, has been prepared via the reaction of nido-1 and Be(CH3)2 [0(C2H3)2]2 followed by reaction of the diethyletherate product and... 

Generally, the most common cations in the soil solution are potassium, sodium, magnesium and calcium. Alkali soils are high in sodium and potassium, while calcareous soils contain predominantly magnesium and calcium. Salts of all four of these elements tend to accelerate metallic corrosion by the mechanisms mentioned. The alkaline earth elements, calcium and magnesium, however, tend to form insoluble oxides and carbonates in nonacid conditions. These insoluble precipitates may result in a protective layer on the metal surface and reduced corrosive activity. 

Table 21-1. electron configurations of the alkaline earth elements... 

Predict the chemical formula and physical state at room temperature of the most stable compound formed by each alkaline earth element with (a) chlorine (b) oxygen (c) sulfur. 

Exercises 21-1 and 21-2 pose some of the simplest questions we can ask about the alkaline earths. The periodic table arranges in a column elements having similar electron configurations. We can expect elements on the left side of the periodic table to be metals (as magnesium is). Furthermore, we can expect that the elements in a given column will be more like each other than they will be like elements in adjacent columns. Thus, when we find that the chemistry of magnesium is almost wholly connected with the behavior of the dipositive magnesium ion, Mg+l, we can expect a similar situation for calcium, and for strontium, and for each of the other alkaline earth elements. This proves to be so. 

We see that, no matter what type of bonding situation is considered, there is a trend in size moving downward in the periodic table. The alkaline earth atoms become larger in the sequence Be < Mg < Ca < Sr < Ba. These atomic sizes provide a basis for explaining trends in many properties of the alkaline earth elements and their compounds. 

Although the hydroxides of the alkaline earth elements become more soluble in water as we go down the column, the opposite trend is observed in the solubilities of the sulfates and carbonates. For example, Table 21-VII shows the solubility products of the alkaline earth sulfates. 

What property held in common by the alkaline earth elements accounts for the fact that the free elements are not found in nature ... 

The general method for preparing the alkaline earth elements is to convert the mineral to a chloride or a fluoride by treatment with HC1 or HF. Then the molten salt is electrolyzed or, as in the case of BeF2, reduced with a chemical reducing agent such as Mg. 

Any of a number of processes designed to remove alkaline earth elements (primarily calcium and magnesium) from MU water. 

As nitridoborates are known as A3(BN2) for alkaline elements (A = Li, Na) and as AE3(BN2)2 for alkaline-earth elements (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba) it would be interesting to find methods for the synthesis of nitridoborates of transition or lanthanide elements. Can they be made straightforward Hke Ii3(BN2) and AE3(BN2)2 from metal nitrides and layer-like a-BN, or do they require new preparative strategies - if they can be made at all ... 

Previous studies clearly indicated that the chemical compositions of geothermal waters are intimately related both to the hydrothermal alteration mineral assemblages of country rocks and to temperature. Shikazono (1976, 1978a) used a logarithmie cation-Cl concentration diagram to interpret the concentrations of alkali and alkaline earth elements and pH of geothermal waters based on thermochemical equilibrium between hydrothermal solution and alteration minerals. 

Transamination is used for alkaline earth elements and also for early transition metals when the amide complexes are available... 

The direct reaction of the metal with the chalcogenol is accessible for the heavy alkali metals, which are more reactive and also for the alkaline earth elements. 

For the heavier alkaline earth elements the characterized compounds are octahedral monomers, dimers, or separated-ion species. The complexes M(SR)2 (M=Ca, Sr, Ba) have been obtained by aminolysis and proved to be soluble in solvents such as py these compounds decompose rather cleanly to their metal sulfides.86 The monomeric species include [M(EMes )2(thf)4] (M=Ca, Sr, Ba E=S, Se),87 89 [Ca(SC6F5)2(py)4],90 [Ca(SMes )2(18-crown-6)] thf,90 or [Ba(Se-Trip)2(18-crown-6)].87 Only a dimeric barium derivative, [Ba(SeTrip) (py)3(thf)]2, has been described.87 For these elements separated ion-triple species, such as [M(18-crown-6)(hmpa)2][EMes ]2 (M=Ca, Sr, Ba E=S, Se)87,88,91 or contact/separated ion-triple species as [Ba(SMes )(18-crown-6)(hmpa)][SMes ] have been reported.91... 

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