where is strontium found on the periodic table
Finely powdered strontium metal is sufficiently reactive to ignite spontaneously in air. It reacts with water quickly (but not violently like the Group 1 metals) to produce strontium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. Strontium and its compounds burn with a crimson flame and are used in fireworks. Strontiumâs Periodic Table Neighborhood Strontium is a Group 2 Alkaline earth metal. It usually exists as a divalent ion, Sr 2+, in its compounds. Strontiumâs chemistry is very similar to that of calcium, which sits above it in Group 2.