Alkaline Earth Metals Barium Wiley Valdez ABC# Atomic Number: 56 Chemical Symbol:Ba Color: Silvery White Name Origin: From the Greek word barys

Alkaline Earth Metals Date of Discovery: 1808 Discoverer: Sir Humphry Davy The picture above shows the colour arising from adding barium chlorate (BaClO3) to a burning mixture. Wiley Valdez ABC# Barium

Alkaline Earth Metals The element was called barium because it was found in barite (barium sulfate) a mineral given its name because of its high density. Wiley Valdez ABC# Barium

Bibliography Wiley Valdez ABC# Stwertka, Albert “ Barium.” A Guide To The Elements. 2 nd ed. 2002

Alkaline Earth Metals Name Origin: From the Latin word Calcis (lime) Uses: life forms for bones and shells Obtained From: chalk, limestone, marble. 3.5% of crust Discovered: 1808 by Humphry Davy Reagan Dickens ABC#5

5 th most abundant element in the earth’s crust Calcium is the most abundant of the metallic elements in the human body. The average adult body contains about 1 kg or 2 lb. of calcium, 99% of which is in the bones and teeth. Calcium is not naturally found in its elemental state but calcium compounds are common Pure calcium metal reacts quite vigorously with water generating hydrogen gas Calcium salts are used to produce a deep orange color in fireworks

Bibliography AAT Bioquest Brand. “Science Kids.” 5 Jan html Benchmark Books. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corporation,2000

Alkaline Earth Metals Magnesium(Mg) Atomic Number 12 Named after Magnesia a region of Thessaly, Greece Found by Sir Humphry Davy Dylan Furrow 1-7 8

Alkaline Earth Metals Atomic mass of 24 Melts at 1200 degrees Fahrenheit Gas at 2025 degrees Fahrenheit Dylan Furrow 1-7 9

Alkaline Earth Metals Some uses of magnesium are: to purify steel, make flares, and to make aircrafts Since it’s lighter than aluminum it makes a great substitute for it Also magnesium makes up about.13% of the oceans water Dylan Furrow

Magnesium Picture This is a picture of magnesium bars 11

More Magnesium Fun Facts: China controls about 80% of the worlds magnesium. It’s also the 9 th most abundant element in the universe. Magnesium is present in all cells of the body. And finally magnesium is produced when stars combine helium and neon. 12

Bibliography Book by Collin Utley. Made by Benchmark Books in the year 2000 in New York. Book name The Elements Magnesium.  hools.com/facts/pe riodic_table/magn esium_facts/191/ 13

Alkaline Earth Metals Barium, Calcium, and Magnesium were all discovered by Sir Humphry Davy They are in the Alkaline Earth Metals family. Wiley Valdez, Reagan Dickens, Dylan Furrow ABC#’s 1-5,1-7,