What Is Strontium: A Hero Or Tragic Hero?

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Once upon a time, Strontium, an element on the periodic table, was also nicknamed Sr. Her parents, strontium chloride and mercuric oxide, helped find her in 1808, she was a happy solid at room temperature. She was a huge elephant metal, weighing 87.62 grams. However she had one flaw like Brynn, she was as ugly as a spoiled egg yolk that’s been left outside for five days. This unfortunate appearance placed her 38 on the periodic table and made her upset like an Eeyore on Winnie the Pooh. Many elements would make fun of her ugly duckling appearance, which would cause her to go to her boiling point at 1655K.
Day dreaming into the late night like a bat, she wished to become something more in life, which lowered her to her melting point 1050K. Strontium, had many friends who looked like her, but somehow they turned into beautiful silver white wolves. She told her 38 electrons, how they need to come with a plan, to became a popular movie star. Together they spent the next five minutes thinking of a plan to help Sr live her dream of being a pretty model. Thinking through their thoughts, they made sure their plan would work correctly and accurately like an accountant. The plan, extreme and complicated, sounded perfect like a
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They call it “SpongeBob” a brilliant show, the only thing she had to do was play as yellow, red, and brown color and she would get the job. As nervous as a person speaking in front of a huge crowd, she quietly entered the room and began to make colors as beautiful as swans. After the show, the boss came out of the showing room, grinning from ear to ear. He then congratulated on Strontium on the amazing, glowing colors, and then told her she got the job! A jumping kangaroo she realized her dreams finally came true. Strontium, a millionaire enjoying life as a happy tinker bell, with all her 38 proton friends. She ended her life as a happy Alkaline Earth

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