Strontium

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Strontium

• By Ellen Crozier

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Uses of Strontium

• Fireworks (red flame), flare
• Refining zinc
• Optical materials
• Has a potential for use as a lightweight nuclear
  to produce electricity
• Used to produce gas in color television tubes

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Properties of Strontium

• Softer than calcium
• Decomposes more vigorously than water
• Is a silvery metal
• Rapidly oxidizes to a yellowish color
• Melting point1042.2 k
• Boiling point1654 k

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Facts about Strontium

• Atomic number-38
• Atomic mass-87.62
• Crystal structure-cubic
• Is an Alkaline Earth Metal
• Adair Crawford discovered it in Scotland in 1790
• 20 known isotopes, 4 stable 16 unstable
• Can cause cancer
• Mimics calcium
• Destroys bones in the body
• Has no known biological role
• Is used in ferrite magnets

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Used to make Ferrite magnets
Is an Alkaline Earth metal
Is non-toxic
Causes cancer
Can destroy The bone
Was found In 1790
Strontium
Kept under Parrafinn to Keep from oxidation
Mimics calcium
Is absorbed by Bone tissue, Instead of calcium
Has no known Biological role
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Sources

• www.chemicalelements.com
• www.chemicool.com
• www.webelements.com
• www.chemsoc.org