Chemical impact on crystal structure of the second-group metalsстатья
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Аннотация:Under the atmospheric pressure and standard temperature, alkali metals crystallize isostructurally, but not in the form of close packing. they have a body-centered cubic unit cell. No structural isomorphism is observed in crystal structures of group 2 metals. As atomic number of group 2 metals increases, their crystal structures change. The lightest metals, beryllium and magnesium Mg, are crystallized in the form hexagonal close-packed structure, whereas calcium Ca and strontium Sr exhibit face-centered cubic unit cells. However, barium Ba and strontium Sr have body-centered structures, typical of alkali metals. Nowadays, there is no any unified explanation of what causes the lack of structural isomorphism in group 2 metals. The authors have some correlations explaning a reasonable crystalline structure expansion towards barium Ba and radium Ra. It is done by considering physical and chemical properties of group 2 metals, as well as dependences of atomic force characteristics on nucleus charge, atomic, and ionic radii. There are examples showing a correlation between changes in physical and chemical properties and crystalline structures of group 2 metals. The number of valence sp-electrons is necessary but not sufficient for choosing a crystallization mode.