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Strontium

Page history last edited by Strontium 11 years, 4 months ago

 

 

 

Quote: 

put text here 

Don't judge me, I'm reactive.

 

Status update:

at least 3 updates  

 

Thursday, November 1st: Visited my hometown and namesake, Strontian in Scotland :)

 

Friday, November 2nd: Combined with my favorite compound, Ferrite, to make magnets. Iron came over to tell us we were attractive :D

 

Sunday, November 4th: Yesterday I was used in a late-night firework display. Nitrogen and Oxygen combined to form Nitrate, and Nitrate and I combined to create the red coloring for the fireworks! 

 


Overview:

3-5 sentences about the elements. (physical and chemical properties)

  I'm a soft silvery white Alkali Earth Metal. My surface is covered with a thin layer of oxide. I'm many things, but not toxic. When I'm exposed to air, I turn yellow. I am highly reactive chemically. I am a metal, which means I am ductile and malleable. My melting point is 777 degrees celsius and my boiling point is 1,377 degrees celsius. My atomic mass is 87.62 grams. My density is 2.54 g/mL^3 (I'm naturally skinny, of course). My personal makeup is I have 38 protons, 50 neutrons, and 38 electrons.

 

Information:  

Relationship Status: In a relationship with Nitrate. Together, we make sparks fly!

 

Parent: Adair Crawford, William Cruikshank

 

network: Metals

 

valence electrons: 2

 

reactivity: Strontium is very reactive, reacting quickly with water, and burning in air  Strontium is also extremely reactive with halogens.  
state of matter: Solid  
Location on Periodic Table: Found in group 2 (alkali earth metals for the win) and period 5. Number 38 on periodic table.  

Birthday: 1790

 

Hometown: Strontian, a village in Scotland

 

Group: Alkali Earth Metals

 
Activities & Interests:

3-5 sentences about the elements. (physical and chemical properties) 

I'm a very reactive substance  sometimes used in making glass for television, but more famous for the red color I give off when burned in fireworks. I am quick to react with oygen and water,but I don't explode like the group 1 elements. My four main isotopes-strontium 84,86,87,88- are non-toxic, but strontium-90, is highly radioactive and found in nuclear fall out. On the plus side, strontium-90 is one of the best high-energy beta emitters known and is used in cancer therapy. 

 


Places:

"check in" with at least three places the element can be found  

11/2/12 Checking in at China, to visit some of my relatives. China is the number one producer of strontium.

11/3/12 Checking in at Poland. The world's most accurate clock is found there. Cool, or I should say cold, because it use super-cooled strontium atoms.

11/4/12 Checking in at the ruins of Chernobyl, Ukraine. Lots of radioactive strontium fall out was here, when the plant exploded, like there always is in nuclear disasters. ='( 

 


Photo:

Create a photo album:

  • fun images - pictures that contain the element

 - every photo must have a caption

- tag other elements in the pictures

 

 

My Friends and I around the World

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electron Shell Diagram

P+ 38   

N=50   

E- 38

 

 

 

 

Giant mushroom cloud from nuclear explosion. Many atoms of the radioactive strontium-90 are in nuclear fallouts and explosions.

 

 

 

  

This is me in my pure form. Don't I look awesome?

 

Because I am in the same group as calcium, I can replace calcium in weak bones to make them stronger.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With carbon, I create strontium carbonate Carbon , also used in fireworks. We make a big bang!

I am used in the glass(crt) of color T.V. s.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at the pretty red color I give off when I am burned! 

This a magnet made of me and ferrite. 

 

 

 

 

A strontium aluminum Aluminum master alloy rod.

 

This is an atomic clock that uses cooled strontium atoms. It is the most accurate clock in the world. It will lose or gain a second every 200

million years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 


Groups:

list the pages you are a "fan" of here

Alkali Earth MetalsOxygenSulfurCarbon (they make up my most common ores)

 

 

 

 

Resources:

make sure to cite your resources here. if you copied a picture or got information from somewhere else....make sure to tell everyone! I don't want any COPY CATS!!!

 

"Strontium." - Element Information, Properties and Uses. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2012. <http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/38/strontium>.

 

"Strontium." WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2012. <http://www.webelements.com/strontium/chemistry.html>.

 

"#38 Sr - Strontium." The Periodic Table. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2012. <http://www.mii.org/periodic/Sr.htm>.

 

"Strontium Element Facts." Strontium. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2012. <http://www.chemicool.com/elements/strontium.html>.

 

"The Element Strontium[Click for Isotope Data]." It's Elemental. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Nov. 2012. http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele038.html.

Narodowe Laboratorium Technologii Kwantowych. "Toward an optical atomic clock: Physicists develop atomic frequency standard for one of world’s most precise clocks." ScienceDaily, 18 Feb. 2011. Web. 4 Nov. 2012.

 

Pictures were found on Bing Images and Google Images

 

 


 

Friends

add your friends here - make sure you link it and insert their profile pictures

 

Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, Barium, and Radium- we're all in the same group, Alkali Earth Metals. 

 

Sulfur, Oxygen and Carbon- Sulfur, Oxygen, and I make Celestite, and Carbon, Oxygen and I make Strontianite. Celestite and Strontianite are my two most common ores.

 

Alkaline Earth Metals Group PageOxygenSulfur, Carbon

 

                                      Drinking milk 

    Carbon                    Sulfur              Oxygen        Alkali Earth Metals

 

  

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
     

 

       

 

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Comments (2)

Anne Alarcon said

at 2:28 pm on Oct 16, 2012

When used in fireworks what color are you?

Strontium said

at 9:26 am on Oct 30, 2012

Red

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