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Alkaline earth   /ˈælkəlˌaɪn ərθ/   Listen
Alkaline earth

noun
1.
Any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium).  Synonym: alkaline-earth metal.





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... of hot water that are found in several places throughout the West," said the scientist. "It must have been quiescent for some time and then the thin skin of alkaline earth formed over it. In Europe, or if we had that spring near a large city, it would be possible to make ...
— The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone • Richard Bonner


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