base in my experience.... because of the gravity of the earth...
1.Generally IIA group elements are soft but when compared to IA group elements these are hardthan the IA group elements .
2In IIA group elements metalic bonding is strong compared to IA elements and 2 valence electrons are present in IIA group elements .
3.Because of the difference in the metalic bonding IIA group elements are harder than the IA
group elements.
IA and IIA differ from the other Group A elements because they are so to be called metals... IA is the Alkali metals and IIA is the Alkaline Earth Metals.
This two group or families are differ from the other families in Group A elements because they are so to be called metals than the other groups.......
This answer is from @ImAGuyDrctnr
IA is an alkali metal
Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are the group IIA elements.
The elements belonging to Group IA and IIA.
Group 2 (IIA) - Alkaline earth metals: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra ns2
The ONLY liquid elements (at STP) areMercury, Hg, in group 12Bromine, Br, in group 17Notations like ia, iia, ib or iib are not commonly in use, maybe in older books or periodic tables.
Main group elements have elements from groups 1 and 2, except hydrogen and groups 13 to 18. Main group elements are elements in groups who's lightest elements are shown by helium, lithium, boron, beryllium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine.
There is none. All of the elements in group/family in group IIA/2 are solids at room temperature.
Beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium are the group IIA elements.
The elements belonging to Group IA and IIA.
The charge for all elements in Group 2A is +2.
Increases from top to bottom.
Group 2 (IIA) - Alkaline earth metals: Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra ns2
They lose electrons, not elements. These are metals. Group I metals (IA or alkali metals), Group 2 metals (IIA or alkaline earth metals), transition metals (groups 3 thru 12), and all other metals.
Calcium is in group 2/IIA, so the other elements in that group would be expected to behave most like calcium.
The ONLY liquid elements (at STP) areMercury, Hg, in group 12Bromine, Br, in group 17Notations like ia, iia, ib or iib are not commonly in use, maybe in older books or periodic tables.
This is different for each period of group IIA in the P.T.Examples:Be in period 2 has 4 electrons, Ca in p.4 has 20and Ra in p.7 (down under in P.T.) has 88 electrons.The whole row: 4, 12, 20, 38, 56, 88 electrons, from top to bottom in group IIA
Main group elements have elements from groups 1 and 2, except hydrogen and groups 13 to 18. Main group elements are elements in groups who's lightest elements are shown by helium, lithium, boron, beryllium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine.
2(IIA) Because The elements in Group 2 (IIA) are metals with a +2 oxidation state. Thus one atom of a Group 2 metal can combine with 2 atoms of chlorine (oxidation state = -1)