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88 Ra 226 u

Element 88 · Solid at room temperature

Radium

Alkaline earth metals

Looks like: silvery white metallic.

Ra

Radium is a chemical element with symbol Ra and atomic number 88. It is the sixth element in group 2 of the periodic table, also known as the alkaline earth metals. Pure radium is almost colorless, but it readily combines with nitrogen (rather than oxygen) on exposure to air, forming a black surface layer of radium nitride (Ra3N2).

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Atomic mass

226u

Density

5.5g/cm³

Melts

1233 K

Boils

2010 K

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Radium's family

Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.

Source

Discovered by Pierre Curie.

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