Question

Are alkaline earth metals gases?

Answer 1

The physical state of alkaline earth metal is explained below:

1. No alkaline earth metals are not gaseous in nature.
2. The physical state of all alkaline metals are solid which includes Magnesium($\mathrm{Mg}$), Calcium($\mathrm{Ca}$), Strontium($\mathrm{Sr}$), Barium($\mathrm{Ba}$)
3. The general electronic configuration of alkaline earth metals is ${\mathrm{ns}}^2$ , where $\mathrm{n}=$Principal Quantum number
4. They are solid elements belonging to group 2 of the periodic table.