alkaline-earth metal

Noun

Meaning

any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium)

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Alternative names

alkaline earth metal

Synonyms

alkaline earth strontium magnesium alkaline earth salt alkali earth alkaline earth metal hydroxide alkaline earth metal salt earth alkali earth alkaline alkaline earth metal compound alkaline earth metal compounds alkaline earth metal sulfide earth alkaline metal earth alkaline metals alkali earth metal oxide
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Hypernyms

metal metallic element

Related terms

alkali metal

Examples

As with magnesium salts and other alkaline earth metal salts, to some degree soluble in water. Source: Internet

In the periodic table, it appears to the right of the alkaline earth metal barium and to the left of the lanthanide cerium. Source: Internet

Characteristics Radium is the heaviest known alkaline earth metal and is the only radioactive member of its group. Source: Internet

In late 1938 they found evidence of isotopes of an alkaline earth metal in their sample. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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