Strontium
Strontium is the fourth element in Group 2 of the periodic table, a group of elements known as the alkaline earth metals. It has an atomic number of 38, an atomic mass of 87.62, and a chemic...
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Strontium
Stontium is an alkaline earth metal element denoted by the atomic symbol, Sr. It has an atomic weight of 87.62 and has an atomic number of 38. It is a silvery-white metal that oxidizes rapid...
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Strontium 90
A radioactive isotope of strontium, produced during nuclear fission. The isotope was of great concern to environmental scientists during the period of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapo...
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Strontium
Symbol
Sr
Atomic Number
38
Atomic Mass
87.62
Family
Group 2 (Iia) Alkaline Earth Metal Pronunciation
STRONT-she-um
Overview
Strontium is a member of the alkaline earth metals. The alkaline ...
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The Energy Department has not done enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said Tu...
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The Energy Department has not done enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said Tu...
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The Energy Department has not done enough in Russia and in developing countries to secure radioactive material that could be used to make a so-called dirty bomb, congressional investigators said.A ...
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More than 80,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Council of Europe to send an independent team of doctors to the Turkish jail where Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan is held to exam...
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Turkish authorities said on Monday that tests on the imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan showed no signs he was being poisoned, despite allegations by his lawyers.The government had alr...
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There are no unnatural levels of radioactivity at a former Navy research facility at Camp Lejeune or near a rifle range at the base where material from the laboratory was buried decades ago, accord...
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There are no unnatural levels of radioactivity at a former Navy research facility at Camp Lejeune or near a rifle range at the base where material from the laboratory was buried decades ago, accord...
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War On Terror: If al-Qaida were writing Congress' script, it's hard to imagine things would play out much differently than what leading Democrats are doing now. Considering the threat we're under, ...
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On a recent day at the Indian Point nuclear power station, a truck-sized transformer, destroyed by fire, sat discarded on the edge of the property. Nearby, a young scientist headed for the Hudson R...
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Dirty bomb materials remain a concern
