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Preferred term

strontium  

Definition

  • A soft silvery-white element of the alkaline earth group of metals, occurring chiefly as celestite and as strontianite. Its compounds burn with a crimson flame and are used in fire works.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/8144

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