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noun - a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element of the alkali metal group
STRONTIUM - Strontium is the chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white yellowish metallic e...
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Plants absorb its isotope 90 generated by nuclear fallout |
At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout |
Isotope 90 of this element, atomic number 38, is a dangerous product of nuclear fallout |
The U.S. imports not 90, but 100% of this element, Sr |
A Scottish town gave us the name of this element, whose 90 isotope is the most dangerous part of fallout |
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Strontium is the chemical element with symbol Sr and atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white yellowish metallic element that is highly reactive chemically. The metal forms a dark oxide layer when it is exposed to air. Strontium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of its two vertical neighbors in the periodic table, calcium and barium. It occurs naturally mainly in the minerals celestine and strontianite, and is mostly mined from these. While natural strontium is stable, the synthetic 90Sr isotope is radioactive and is one of the most dangerous components of nuclear fallout, as strontium is absorbed by the body in a similar manner to calcium. Natural stable strontium, on the other hand, is not hazardous to health. * Both strontium and strontianite are named after Strontian, a village in Scotland near which the mineral was discovered in 1790 by Adair Crawford and William Cruickshank; it was identified as a new element the next year from |