Why are alkaline earth metals silver in colour?

Interesting Question. The alkaline earth metals are six chemical elements in column (group) 2 of the Periodic table. They are beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), and radium (Ra). read more

Silver is located in Group 11 (Ib) and Period 5 of the periodic table, between copper (Period 4) and gold (Period 6), and its physical and chemical properties are intermediate between those two metals. Thats why alkaline metals are silver in colour. read more

Alkaline earth metals are the elements belonging to Group 2 of the modern periodic table (except beriliyum) which are magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium.These are so called because their oxides and hydroxides are alkaline in nature and these metal oxides are found in the earth's crust. read more