Name: Rebeca Maria Benavides Mejia and Andrea Victoria Martinez Sandoval.

Subject: Chemistry.

Teacher: Brother Jonathan Molina.

Topic: Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metal Family.

Date: 21-07-2022.

Class: 10 grade.
GROUP 2: THE ALKALINE EARTH METAL FAMILY
1- ¿The Alkaline Earth Metal Family? -Victoria
The Alkaline Earth Metal Family consists of six elements, that are: beryllium,
magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium. These chemical elements
occupy the second column of the periodic table. Alkaline earth metals are
basically grayish white, though they differ somewhat in shade of color.

2- Characteristics or Properties of the Group 2 -Rebeca and Victoria

The alkaline earths possess many of the characteristic’s properties of metals,
some of them are:
● Two electrons in the outer shell and a full outer electron s shell.
● Low electron affinities.
● Low electronegativities.
● Relatively low densities.
● Relatively low melting points and boiling points.
● The alkaline earth metals are very reactive, although less so than the
alkali metals. Because of their high reactivity.
● All of these elements occur naturally. They are common in a variety of
compounds and minerals.
● These elements are shiny and silver-white as pure metals.

3- The History behind this group of elements. - Rebeca

- The earliest discovered alkaline earth was lime, known as calcium oxide; it
was used in ancient times in the composition of mortar.
- Magnesia, the oxide of magnesium, was discovered by Joseph Black in
1755.
- Strontia (strontium oxide), was identified by William Cruickshank and Adair
Crawford in 1789
- Beryllia (beryllium oxide) was recognized by Nicolas-Louis Vauquelin in
1798.
- Magnesium, calcium, strontium, and barium, were isolated as impure
metals by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808.
- Radium was discovered in 1898 by Pierre and Marie Curie.
- Metallic radium was isolated in 1910 through the combined work of Marie
Curie and André-Louis Debierne.

4- Beryllium (Be) – Rebeca

Beryllium is a silver-white, soft metal. Its name is derived from the Greek word
for the mineral beryl, beryllo. The 47th most rich element.
Because of its small size and high charge density, beryllium bonds through
covalent bonding instead of ionic bonding.
5- Magnesium (Mg) – Victoria
One of the alkaline-earth metals of Group 2 of the periodic table, and the lightest
structural metal. Its compounds are widely used in construction and medicine,
and magnesium is one of the elements essential to all cellular life. Magnesium is
found in a number of familiar compounds.

6- Calcium (Ca) – Rebeca

Calcium is a silver-colored, relatively soft metal. The name of the element is
derived from the Latin word for lime, calx. The 5th most abundant element.
Calcium salts forms the hard parts of the bodies of most living creatures.
It is useful in building materials, such as plaster, mortar, and cement.

7- Strontium (Sr) – Victoria

Strontium is a shiny, relatively soft metal. The name of the element is derived
from Strontian, a town in Scotland where the mineral strontianite was
discovered, from which strontium was first isolated. Strontium salts produce
brilliant red colors when heated, and are used in fireworks and flares for this
reason.

8- Barium (Ba) - Rebeca

Barium is a shiny, soft metal. The name of the element is derived from the
Greek word bary’s, which means "heavy," in reference to the high density of
some barium minerals. The 14th most abundant element. Barium was
discovered in the 1500s in the form of the "Bologna stones" discovered near
Bologna, Italy.

9- Radium (Ra) – Victoria

Radium is a soft, shiny, radioactive metal. The name of the element was derived
from the Latin word for "ray," radius, because of its ability to glow in the dark
with a faint blue light. Radium was discovered by Pierre and Marie Curie in 1898;
they extracted a milligram of radium from three tons of uranium ore. Radium is
produced in the radioactive decay of uranium-235, uranium-238, thorium-232,
and plutonium-241.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
● http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_alkalineearth.html

● https://www.angelo.edu/faculty/kboudrea/periodic/periodic_main2.htm

● https://www.britannica.com/science/alkaline-earth-metal

● https://www.thoughtco.com/alkaline-earth-metals-properties-606646

● https://youtu.be/S5Y94_rEsfs
● https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/alkaline-earth-metal/272810