Classification of the element

Classification of element into metal and non-metal: Metal

Other elements present in the group towhich the element belongs: Beryllium

Magnesium

Calcium

Barium

Radium

State of compound from which element is extracted: Solid

Half life of the element: 28.9-year

Radioactive strontium is much more of a health risk than stable strontium. When the uptake is very high, it may cause anaemia and oxygen shortages, and at extremely high concentrations it is even known to cause cancer as a result of damage to the genetic materials in cells.

What is the property of the element which makes it useful in a particular field?

Although strontium-90 is a dangerously radioactive isotope, it is a useful by- product of nuclear reactors from whoose spent fuel is extracted. Its high-energy radiation can be used to generate an electric current, and for this reason it can be used in space vehicles, remote weather stations and navigation buoys.

Properties: Strontium is a silvery-white, shiny metal. When exposed to air, it combines with oxygen to form a thin film of strontium oxide (SrO). The film gives the metal a yellowish color. Strontium has a melting point of about 757°C (1,395°F) and a boiling point of 1,366°C (2,491°F).

Strontium is best known for the brilliant reds its salts give to fireworks and flares. It is also used in producing ferrite magnets and refining zinc. Modern 'glow-in-the-dark' paints and plastics contain strontium aluminate

Preparation of Strontium

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Discoverer of Strontium

1. Adair Crawford Adair Crawford FRS FRSE (1748 – 29 July 1795 [1] ), a chemist and physician, was a pioneer in the development of calorimetric methods for measuring the specific heat capacity of substances and the heat of chemical reactions. In his influential 1779 book " Experiments and Observations on Animal Heat ", Crawford presented new experiments proving that respiratory gas exchange in animals is a combustion (two years after Antoine Lavoisier 's influential " On combustion in general "). Crawford also was involved in the discovery of the element strontium . 2. William Cruickshank (chemist) William Cruickshank (died 1810 or 1811) was a Scottish military surgeon and chemist, and professor of chemistry at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich . William Cruickshank was awarded a diploma by the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 5 October 1780. In March 1788 he became assistan...

About Strontium

Strontium Metal Strontium is the chemical element with the symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal , strontium is a soft silver-white yellowish metallic element that is highly chemically reactive . The metal forms a dark oxide layer when it is exposed to air. Strontium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of its two vertical neighbors in the periodic table, calcium and barium . It occurs naturally mainly in the minerals celestine and strontianite , and is mostly mined from these. Both strontium and strontianite are named after Strontian , a village in Scotland near which th...

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