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Alkaline Earths

The Alkaline Earth Metals are the second group of the periodic table of the elements. They are highly reactive and share many properties with each other. In this category, there are ANY questions that have to do with the alkaline earths, or their elements: Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, and Radium.

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What created when alkaline earth metals and water combined?

When they are reacted, a base and hydrogen gas is produced. This reaction is exothermic.

Salts of alkaline earth metals are less soluble than salts of alkali metals because?

A higher cation charge concentrated on the smaller cations makes it hard to pull apart ionic lattices

What alkaline earth metal helps doctors visualize your intestines?

Barium is used to help doctors visualize your intestines. It is given as a barium enema x-ray, and is useful in identifying problem areas, but may miss 40% of polyps. An examination with a colonoscope identifies problems with greater accuracy.

Is beryllium fluoride polar?

BeF2 is non-polar as it is (strangely) covalent in nature and as such, the molecule has a linear shape which produces a non-polar molecule.

Example of a compound of an alkaline earth metal and a halogen?

Inorganic salts such as Calcium chloride, barium fluoride, magnesium iodide etc are formed.

Is beryllium safe to touch?

No! Do not touch it. If you do you will get bured very badly. And will have to go to the doctor.