Periodic Table of the Elements

Alkaline Earth Metals

Alkaline Earth metals form Group 2 of the periodic table. Except for radium, all of the elements in this group are used in commercial applications. Magnesium and calcium are two of the six most common elements on Earth, and are essential to some geological and biological processes. These elements have a shiny gray-white appearance. They are good conductors of electricity and have higher melting and boiling points than the alkali metals. Melting points range from 650° to 1,287°C and boiling points range from 1,090° to 2,471°C.More

Note:The elements which are present in Sky Blue color box are Alkaline Earth Metals.
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1 H Hydrogen 2 He Helium
3 li lithium 4 Be Beryllium 5 B Boron 6 C Carbon 7 N Nitrogen 8 O Oxygen 9 F Fluorine 10 Ne Neon
11 Na sodium 12 Mg Magnesium 13 Al Aluminium 14 Si Silicon 15 P Phosphorus 16 S Sulfur 17 Cl Chlorine 18 Ar Argon
19 K Potassium 20 Ca Calcium 21 Sc Scandium 22 Ti Titanium 23 V Vanadium 24 Cr Cromium 25 Mn Manganesse 26 Fe Iron 27 Co Cobalt 28 Ni Nickel 29 Cu Copper 30 Zn Zinc 31 Ga Gallium 32 Ge Germanium 33 Ar Arsenic 34 Se Selanium 35 Br Bromine 36 Kr Krypton
37 Rb Rubidium 38 Sr Strontium 39 Ca Yttrium 40 Zr Zirconium 41 Nb Niobium 42 Mo Molybdenum 43 Tc Tecnetium 44 Ru Ruthenium 45 Rh Rhodium 46 Pd Palladium 47 Ag Silver 48 Cd Cadnium 49 In Indium 50 Sn Tin 51 Sb Antimony 52 Te Tellurium 53 I Iodine 54 Xe Xenon
55 Cs Caesium 56 Ba Barium 57 la Lanthan... 72 Hf Hafnium 73 Ta Tantalum 74 W Tungsten 75 Re Rhenium 76 Os Osmium 77 Ir Iridium 78 Pt Platinum 79 Au Gold 80 Hg Mercury 81 Tl Thallium 82 Pb Lead 83 Bi Bismuth 84 Po Polonnium 85 At Astatine 86 Rn Radon
87 Fr Francium 88 Ra Radium 89 Ac Actinium 104 Rf Rutherfo.. 105 Db Dubnium 106 Sg Seaborgium 107 Bh Bohrium 108 Hs Hassiumy 109 Mt Meitnerium 110 Ds Damstadium 111 Rg Roentgenium 112 Cn Copemicium 113 Nh Nihonium 114 Fl Flerovium 115 Mc Moscovium 116 Lv Livermorium 117 Ts Tennessi.. 118 Og Oganesson
58 Ce Cerium 59 Pr Praseodium 60 Nd Neodymium 61 Pm Promethium 62 Sm Samarium 63 Eu Europium 64 Gd Gadolini.. 65 Tb Terbium 66 Dy Dysprosium 67 Ho Holmium 68 Er Erbium 69 Tm Thulium 70 Yb Ytterbium 71 Lu Lutetium
90 Th Thorium 91 Pa Protactinium 92 U Uranium 93 Np Neptunium 94 Pu Plutonium 95 Am Americium 96 Cm Curium 97 Bk Berkelium 98 Cf Californi.. 99 Es Einstenium 100 Fm Fermium 101 Md Mendelevium 102 No Nobelium 103 Lr Lawrencium

What are Alakline Earth Metals?

The alkaline earth metals are six chemical elements in group 2 of the periodic table. They are beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), and radium (Ra).[1] The elements have very similar properties: they are all shiny, silvery-white, somewhat reactive metals at standard temperature and pressure.[2] Structurally, they (together with helium) have in common an outer s-orbital which is full;[2][3][4] that is, this orbital contains its full complement of two electrons, which the alkaline earth metals readily lose to form cations with charge +2, and an oxidation state of +2.[5] All the discovered alkaline earth metals occur in nature, although radium occurs only through the decay chain of uranium and thorium and not as a primordial element.[6] There have been experiments, all unsuccessful, to try to synthesize element 120, the next potential member of the group.