4

Be

Group 2 - The A lk aline Earth Metals

Beryllium

THE GROUP 2 ELEMENTS ARE SHINY, SILVERY-WHITE, AND SOMEWHAT REACTIVE METALS, SOME OF WHICH OCCUR NATURALLY AS FREE ELEMENTS

BARIUM
725C

CALCIUM
839C

Magnesium

M (O H) 2

20
Ca
RADIUM
700C

Calcium

38
Sr
Strontium

56
Ba

STRONTIUM
764C

BERYLLIUM
1278C

AL L
OF THE

Ca

G R O U P 2 M E TA L S
HAVE

T WO

VA L E NC E E L EC T R O NS

Barium

THE REACTIVITY OF THE GROUP 2 METALS

88
Ra

AS THE OUTER ELECTRONS GET

F U R TH E R F R OM TH E N U C LE US
& B E CO M E E A S I E R TO R E M OV E

Radium

M E TA L H Y D R O X I D E S . . .

G R O U P 2 M E TA L S
R E A C T W I T H
OX Y G E N TO F O R M
M E TA L OXI D E S
G R O U P 2 M E TA L S
R E A C T W I T H
HALOGENS TO FO R M
M E TA L H A L I DE S
USES

OF

THE

ALKALINE

FOR

E XCE P T

MAGNESIUM
650C

T H E A L K A L I N E E A R T H M E TA L S
R E A C T W I T H W AT E R TO F O R M

R A D I U M

12
Mg

M E LTI NG P OI NTS

Be
WHICH HAS A
PROTECTIVE
OXIDE L AY ER
PREVENTING
R E A C T I O N

R A DI U M IS A
RADIOACTIVE
E L E M E N T
W H I C H U S E D TO
B E US ED TO MA KE
GLOW IN THE
D A R K P A I N T

EARTH

M E TA L S

I NCR E A S ES DOWN THE GROUP

THEY ARE LESS REACTIVE THAN GROUP 1

BERYLLIUM

MAGNESIUM

CALCIUM

STRONTIUM

BARIUM

EMERALDS

ALLOY
WHEELS

BONES

FIREWORKS

RAT POISON

TREATING

GLASSMAKING

FLARES

BLACKBOARD
CHALK

TELESCOPE
MIRRORS

OSTEOPOROSIS

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