-- card: 26418 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Sr -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Sr -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Strontium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 38 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 87.62 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 2.54 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 769 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 1384 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +2 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (Strontian, town in Scotland) Isolated by Davy in 1808. Found mainly as celestite and strontianite. Sr-90 has a half-life of 28 years. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- soft, decomposes in water, alkaline earth metal, silvery, tarnishes yellow, ignites in air when finely divided, salts are colorful -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- fire works, flares, Sr-90 is a radioactive isotope produced by nuclear fallout, Sr-90 has the potential for use as lightweight nuclear producing electricity, used to produce glass for color television tubes, refining zinc, optical materials -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.191 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 2 6 10 2 6 2