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Are alkaline earth metals soft or hard?


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The physical nature of alkaline earth metal is explained below:

  1. Alkaline earth metals are soft metals.
  2. The Alkaline earth metal show ductility and softness which include Magnesium(Mg) , Calcium(Ca), Strontium(Sr) and Barium(Ba).
  3. However they have higher density and melting points than alkali metals.

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