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Sr

Strontium

87.62

Alkaline Earth
Solid

Discovery

Crawford, Adair (1790)

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic via English

Meaning

Location discovered

Electron configuration

Electron configuration

Crystal structure

Crystal structure

Face-centered cubic

Physical Properties

Phase

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

Solid

Melting point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

769.0 °C

1042.15 K

Boiling point

  (at 101.325 kPa)

688.0 °C

961.15 K

Density

  (at 21 °C and 101.325 kPa)

2.54 g/cm3

Electronegativity

0.95