Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals
The Group 2 Alkaline earth metals are the 2nd group in the periodic table and are just before the transition metals. They are all similar in their color of silvery/white metals and react with water to form alkaline solutions. They are however not as reactive as the group 1 metals as they have 2 valence electrons instead of 1.
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