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  2. Alkaline magma series - Wikipedia

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    Alkaline magmas are characteristic of continental rifting, areas overlying deeply subducted plates, or at intraplate hotspots. [2]: Ch6 They are more likely to be generated at greater depths in the mantle than subalkaline magmas. [2]: Ch23.6. Alkaline rocks are rare in the Archean, but become common in the Proterozoic.

  3. Alkaline earth metal - Wikipedia

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    The alkaline earth metals are six chemical elements in group 2 of the periodic table. They are beryllium (Be), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), and radium (Ra). [1] The elements have very similar properties: they are all shiny, silvery-white, somewhat reactive metals at standard temperature and pressure.

  4. Alkali metal - Wikipedia

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    Legend. primordial. element by radioactive decay. The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), [note 1] rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), [note 2] and francium (Fr). Together with hydrogen they constitute group 1, [note 3] which lies in the s-block of the periodic table.

  5. Group (periodic table) - Wikipedia

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    In the of the elements, each column is a group. In chemistry, a group (also known as a family) [1] is a column of elements in the periodic table of the chemical elements. There are 18 numbered groups in the periodic table; the 14 f-block columns, between groups 2 and 3, are not numbered. The elements in a group have similar physical or chemical ...

  6. Lanthanide - Wikipedia

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    The lanthanide (/ ˈlænθənaɪd /) or lanthanoid (/ ˈlænθənɔɪd /) series of chemical elements [a] comprises at least the 14 metallic chemical elements with atomic numbers 57–70, from lanthanum through ytterbium. In the periodic table, they fill the 4f orbitals. [2][3][4] Lutetium (element 71) is also sometimes considered a lanthanide ...

  7. Calc-alkaline magma series - Wikipedia

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    The calc-alkaline magma series is one of two main subdivisions of the subalkaline magma series, the other subalkaline magma series being the tholeiitic series. A magma series is a series of compositions that describes the evolution of a mafic magma, which is high in magnesium and iron and produces basalt or gabbro, as it fractionally crystallizes to become a felsic magma, which is low in ...

  8. Block (periodic table) - Wikipedia

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    e. A block of the periodic table is a set of elements unified by the atomic orbitals their valence electrons or vacancies lie in. [1] The term seems to have been first used by Charles Janet. [2] Each block is named after its characteristic orbital: s-block, p-block, d-block, f-block and g-block. The block names (s, p, d, and f) are derived from ...

  9. Tholeiitic magma series - Wikipedia

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    The tholeiitic magma series (/ ˌθoʊliˈaɪtɪk /) is one of two main magma series in subalkaline igneous rocks, the other being the calc-alkaline series. A magma series is a chemically distinct range of magma compositions that describes the evolution of a mafic magma into a more evolved, silica rich end member. Rock types of the tholeiitic ...