 Discovery Information
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| Who: A. Crawford |
| When: 1790 |
| Where: Scotland |
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| Name Origin
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| From Strontian a small Scottish town. |
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| Sources
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| Found in minerals celestite and strontianite. |
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| Uses
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| Used in flares and fireworks for its crimson colour. It's primary use is glass for colour television cathode ray tubes, but
it is also used in nuclear batteries in buoys, some sensitive teeth toothpastes (as SrCl2), magnets, zinc refining and phosphorescent paint.
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| Strontium titanate (SrTiO3) has an extremely high refractive index and an optical dispersion greater than that of diamond, making it useful in a variety of optics applications.
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| Notes
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| Strontium was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808.
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| In its pure form strontium is extremely reactive with air and spontaneously combusts, it is therefore considered to be a fire hazard.
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