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Group 2: alkaline earth metals 4

Be 12

Mg 20

Ca 38

Sr 56

Ba 88

Ra * Atomic radius increases as you go down the Group. Notice that beryllium has a particularly small atom compared with the rest of the Group. * Are very chemically reactive (give up 2 electrons during reactions) and are never found free in nature (same as alkali metals) * These metals form many compounds. They have ions with a +2 charge. Their atoms are smaller than those of the alkali metals. * found in the Earth's crust * they are so reactive * though radium is not always considered an alkaline on earth due to its radioactivity * The alkaline earth metals are silvery colored, soft, low-density metals, though are a bit harder than the alkali metals * two valence electrons and tend to lose both to form ions with a two plus charge * Berylium is the least metallic element in the group and tends form covalent bonds in its compounds. * These metals are less active than the alkali metals, but are still fairly active * react readily with halogens to form ionic salts * can react slowly with water. Magnesium reacts only with steam and calcium with hot water * Beryllium is an exception: It does not react with water or steam, and its halides are covalent The alkaline earth metals are named after their oxides, the alkaline earths, whose old-fashioned names were beryllia, magnesia, lime, strontia and baryta. These were named alkaline earthsbecause of their intermediate nature between the alkalis (oxides of the alkali metals) and the rare earths (oxides of rare earth metals). The classification of some apparently inert substances as 'earths' is millennia old

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