Alkaline Earth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Chemistry.
  1. any of the oxides of barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, sometimes, magnesium.
noun
  1. any of the divalent electropositive metals beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium, belonging to group 2A of the periodic table
  2. an oxide of one of the alkaline earth metals
Alkaline Earth (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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