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Strontium
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by Strontium 11 years, 4 months ago
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Don't judge me, I'm reactive.
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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!
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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.
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Relationship Status: In a relationship with Nitrate. Together, we make sparks fly!
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Parent: Adair Crawford, William Cruikshank
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network: Metals
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valence electrons: 2
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reactivity: Strontium is very reactive, reacting quickly with water, and burning in air Strontium is also extremely reactive with halogens. |
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state of matter: Solid |
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Location on Periodic Table: Found in group 2 (alkali earth metals for the win) and period 5. Number 38 on periodic table. |
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Birthday: 1790
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Hometown: Strontian, a village in Scotland
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Group: Alkali Earth Metals
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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.
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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. ='(
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My Friends and I around the World
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Electron Shell Diagram
P+ 38
N=50
E- 38
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Giant mushroom cloud from nuclear explosion. Many atoms of the radioactive strontium-90 are in nuclear fallouts and explosions.
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This is me in my pure form. Don't I look awesome?
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Because I am in the same group as calcium, I can replace calcium in weak bones to make them stronger.
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With carbon, I create strontium carbonate Carbon , also used in fireworks. We make a big bang!
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I am used in the glass(crt) of color T.V. s.
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Look at the pretty red color I give off when I am burned!
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This a magnet made of me and ferrite.
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A strontium aluminum Aluminum master alloy rod.
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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.
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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!!!
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"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
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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 Page, Oxygen, Sulfur, Carbon
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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