Template:Periodic table (alkaline earth metals)

Alkaline earth metals
Hydrogen Helium Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson alkali metals ←    → group 3
IUPAC group number 2 Name by element beryllium group Trivial name alkaline earth metals CAS group number (US, pattern A-B-A) IIA old IUPAC number (Europe, pattern A-B) IIA
↓ Period
2	Lump of beryllium Beryllium (Be) 4
3	Magnesium crystals Magnesium (Mg) 12
4	Calcium stored under argon atmosphere Calcium (Ca) 20
5	Strontium floating in paraffin oil Strontium (Sr) 38
6	Barium stored under argon atmosphere Barium (Ba) 56
7	Radium electroplated on copper foil and covered with polyurethane to prevent reaction with air Radium (Ra) 88
Legend primordial element element by radioactive decay Atomic number color: black=solid