Question

Are alkaline earth metals soft or hard?

Answer 1

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($\mathrm{Mg}$) , Calcium($\mathrm{Ca}$), Strontium($\mathrm{Sr}$) and Barium($\mathrm{Ba}$).
3. However they have higher density and melting points than alkali metals.