碱土金属
Traditional form:
鹼土金屬
Pinyin (reading):
jiǎntǔjīnshǔ
Definitions:
- alkaline earth (i.e. beryllium Be 鈹／铍, magnesium Mg 鎂／镁, calcium Ca 鈣／钙, strontium Sr 鍶／锶, barium Ba 鋇／钡 and radium Ra 鐳／镭)
Characters:
- 碱 - alkaline, alkali, lye, salt
- 土 - soil, earth; items made of earth
- 金 - gold, metal; money
- 属 - class, category, type; family; affiliated, belonging to
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