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51alkaline-earth metal — /al keuh luyn errth , lin /, Chem. any of the group of bivalent metals including barium, radium, strontium, calcium, and, usually, magnesium, the hydroxides of which are alkalis but less soluble than those of the alkali metals. [1900 05] * * * ▪… …
52Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis — ▪ French scientist Introduction born December 6, 1778, Saint Léonard de Noblat, France died May 9, 1850, Paris French chemist and physicist who pioneered investigations into the behaviour of gases, established new techniques for analysis, and… …
