Beryllium is the first element in the alkaline earth metals.
Alkaline earth metals are in the second group. Be is the first metal of them.
Look at any periodic table: Beryllium #4 Magnesium #12 Calcium #20 Strontium #38 Barium #56 Radium #88
Alkaline earth metals are found in Group 2
Look at the position of Pb in the periodic table and the postion of the Alkali Earth metals. Alkali Earth Metals are in noble-gas configuration when they are doubly charged cations. Lead however is on the right hand side, and would like to have more electrons to get into that stablest configuration; making the bonds in lead-compounds more covalent -and stronger- in nature. Insoluble compounds have lattice enthalpies higher than the enthalpy of solvation. Now since Alkali Earth metals like to be in ionic states; their compounds will dissolve in general more easily than the same compounds with lead, since usually the lattice energy of lead compounds is much higher (In case of insoluble compounds higher than the energy that would be released upon solvation, which thus doesn't occur).
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Alkaline earth metals are in the second group. Be is the first metal of them.
No, the first element, hydrogen, is not an alkaline earth metal. The first of those is Beryllium.
Alphabetically, the first alkaline earth metal is barium and the last is strontium.
Alkali metals (Group 1) and alkaline earth metals (Group 2) are the most reactive groups of metals. They readily lose electrons to form ions and participate in chemical reactions with nonmetals to achieve a stable electron configuration.
It is about first ionization energy. It is less than alkaline earth metals.
Look at any periodic table: Beryllium #4 Magnesium #12 Calcium #20 Strontium #38 Barium #56 Radium #88
Yes, they are.
The alkaline earth metals are in group 2 of the periodic table this means they have 2 electrons in each of their outermost energy 'shells'. The alkaline metals are in group 1 and only have 1 electron to lose in a reaction rather than 2. This means the alkaline metals react more readily.
Alkaline earth metals are placed in second column. The elements have 2 valence electrons.
The element with atomic number 4 is Beryllium (Be). Beryllium is the first element in the Group 2 - Alkaline Earth Metals family. It has 4 electron sin two shells, with two electrons in each shell.
An element with a single electron in its highest energy level is likely an alkali metal. Alkali metals like lithium, sodium, and potassium have one electron in their outer energy level, making them highly reactive and likely to form ionic bonds.
the first and second groups. alkaline earth metals: group IIA (2) [It consists with "Be,Mg,Ca,Sr,Ba,Ra"] alkali metals: group IA (1) [It consists with "Li,Na,K,Rb,Cs,Fr"]