Strontium is element 38, an alkaline earth of the s block, in group 2, period 5. Its ground-state configuration is [Kr] 5s2, and it usually shows the oxidation states 0, 2.
It was discovered in 1790, by Crawford.
Name origin: Strontian, a small town in Scotland.
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