P8+-+Alkaline+Metals

__//**Alkaline Metals**// __
By: Kaitlyn and Mallory

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__// Chemical Properties //__

 * 1) Give away their electrons, and bond with other elements very easily
 * 2) They are EXTREMELY reactive to just about anything
 * 3) Radium has so much radiation in it that it has a glowing affect coming off of it

//__Physical Properties:__//

 * 1) All are shiny, and silvery-white in color
 * 2) Harder and denser than sodium and potassium, and have higher melting points
 * 3) They produce electricity well
 * 4) Usually in __**//SOLID//**__ form

__//Common Uses For The Alkaline Metals//__ :

 * 1) Calcium can be used and found in different vitamins, and in milk. It can be used also to make steel and other substances.
 * 2) Magnesium is used in high-temperature areas, to make light-weight engine parts for airplanes.
 * 3) Found in fireworks, batteries, and flashlights.

<span style="color: #0fb0d7; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//__Fun Facts__ ://
> __//**<span style="color: #0c8db6; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Ex: **//__<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Magnesium and Aluminum can be mixed to make the light-weight, but strong material for making ladders and the airplane parts from the common uses above. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Alkaline metals are never in pure form straight from nature, they have to be combined with something else in order for them to be used.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Barium and Radium are both very radioactive and can be lethal in high amounts.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">They have such high melting points that they could still be solids in common temperatures that fires occur in.

Websites:
TutorVista __//Chemical Properties Of Alkaline Earth Metals//__ Online October 26, 2009 [|http://www.tutorvista.com/content/chemistry/chemistry-iii/s-block-elements/alkaline-chemical-properties.php]

Chemical Data- Group 2- Alkaline Earth Metals. October 22, 2009 [|http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements/pages/data/intro_groupii_data.html]

Books:
Oxlade, Chris. //__Chemicals in Action, Metals.__// Chicago, Illinois: Heinemann Library, 2002. Reed Educational and Proffesional Publishing

Knapp, Brian. //__Iron Chromium And Maganese.__// Danbury: Grolier Educational, Sherman Turnpike, 1996. Print

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