Alkaline Earth Metals - A Brief Outline

The elements in group 2 are the alkaline earth metals beryllium Be, magnesium Mg, calcium Ca, stronhum Sr, barium Ba and radium Ra. The last one, radium, is more interesting for its radioachve properties than for its similarity with the other alkaline earth elements. It will be described in Chapter 52 The Radioactive Elements. The others will be treated here and in Chapters 15 and 16. 

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