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Alkaline yird metal

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The alkaline yird metals are sax chemical elements in column (group) 2 o the Periodic cairt. Thay are beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), an radium (Ra).[1] The elements hae very seemilar properties: thay are aw shiny, sillery-white, somewhit reactive metals at staundart temperatur an pressur.[2]

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  1. Internaitional Union o Pure an Applee'd Chemistry (2005). Nomenclature o Inorganic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2005). Cambridge (UK): RSCIUPAC. ISBN 0-85404-438-8. pp. 51. Electronic version..
  2. Royal Society of Chemistry. "Visual Elements: Group 2–The Alkaline Earth Metals". Visual Elements. Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 13 Januar 2012.