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The alkaline-earth metals are a highly reactive family of metals occupying Group 2 (IIA) of the periodic table. In their elemental form, the alkaline-earth metals have a shiny, silvery-white to slightly yellowish appearance. The alkaline-earth metals exhibit some similarities to the chemistry of the alkali metals (Group 1) but are a little less reactive.Atoms of the alkaline-earth metals (M) have only two valence electrons and a low first and second ionization energy. Consequently, these metals readily lose both electrons to produce cations with a +2 charge (M+2) during reactions with nonmetals. As a result, the alkaline-earth metals do not exist in their elemental metallic form in nature. Instead, the Group 2 elements are found primarily as metal oxides, which form by reacting oxygen (Reaction 1) .
Similarly, elemental samples of alkaline-earth metals will react with elemental halogens (X2) to form metal halides (Reaction 2) , all of which are ionic except for BeCl2.
Except for beryllium, the alkaline-earth metals react with water to produce very basic metal hydroxide solutions and hydrogen gas (Reaction 3) .
The most difficult alkaline-earth metal to study is radium, because it is a rare radioactive element that is produced from the nuclear decay of uranium. The most common natural isotope, radium-226, has a half-life of 1,600 years and decays by alpha emission into radon-222 (Reaction 4) .

-What is the mass of water necessary to generate 11.2 L of hydrogen gas if calcium metal reacts with water at standard temperature and pressure (STP) ?
A) 2.0 g
B) 4.5 g
C) 9.0 g
D) 18.0 g
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