- alkaline earth metals
- a group of grayish white, malleable metals that are easily oxidized in air, comprising beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium.
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alkaline earth metals — plural noun The bivalent metals of the second group of the periodic system, calcium, strontium, barium, and sometimes magnesium and radium • • • Main Entry: ↑alkali … Useful english dictionary
Alkaline earth metals — Alkaline earth metals. См. Щелочноземельные металлы. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
alkaline-earth metals — šarminių žemių metalai statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ra. atitikmenys: angl. alkaline earth metals rus. щелочно земельные металлы … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
alkaline earth — n 1) an oxide of an alkaline earth metal 2) ALKALINE EARTH METAL * * * any oxide of the alkaline earth metals … Medical dictionary
Alkaline earth metal — Group 2 Period 2 4 Be 3 … Wikipedia
alkaline-earth metal — /al keuh luyn errth , lin /, Chem. any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals. [1900 05] * * * ▪… … Universalium
alkaline-earth metal — [al′kə lin΄ʉrth′, al′kə līn΄ʉrth′] n. any of the six highly reactive chemical elements in group IIA of the periodic table including, in order of increasing reactivity, beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium: an oxide of any… … English World dictionary
alkaline earth metal — n any of the bivalent strongly basic metals of group II of the periodic table comprising beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium … Medical dictionary
alkaline-earth metal — noun any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) • Syn: ↑alkaline earth • Hypernyms: ↑metallic element, ↑metal * * * noun : any of the metals of group II of the periodic… … Useful english dictionary
alkaline earth metal — noun Date: 1869 any of the divalent strongly basic metals of group II of the periodic table comprising beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium called also alkaline earth see periodic table table … New Collegiate Dictionary
