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I don't understand your question.  Do you mean that you have a homework assignment that says "Describe the development of alkaline earth metals" or something like that?  If so, the answer is "It depends what you mean by 'development'."   15:55, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 Magnesium 

Magnesium will react with hot water, liberating hydrogen, I have done it.
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Did you do it at 1atm? At 1 atm Magnesium metal only reacts with steam (hot water vapor from boiling)
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Uses for the Family/Group

Ok.  I am doing some homework & need to know some uses for alkaline earth metals.  I already have a few like glass (Si), but I really do not have enough for the project. {In other words  HELP}—The preceding unsigned comment was added by .

 Chemistry Lab Question  

Why does the metallic character of the alkaline earth metals increase as you go down the group?

 Physical & chemical properties, beryllium & important reactions/compounds 

The content of this article is good in my opinion. In to order to complement the existing information, I thought it would be a good idea to add some information talking about the physical and chemical properties of these elements. I found it was also important to talk about beryllium since, as I mentioned in my text was "special". Finally I decided to add some important reactions and compounds in order to understand in depth the alkaline earth metals.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs)