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it has one electron in its outer energy level like all alkali metals
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Why is hydrogen grouped with the alkali metals?
Because Hydrogen is a gas that has metal in the element
Can Hydrogen make bond with alkali metals?
No, hydrogen is a nonmetal. It is grouped with the alkali metals because it has a similar outer shell electron configuration as they do. Hydrogen is something of an oddball among elements. It is rather unique, but share some characteristics with both the halogens and the alkali metals. When the periodic table is divided into groups (noble gasses, halogens, alkali metals, etc.) hydrogen is usually put in its own group.
Is hydrogen a alkali metal or alkaline metal?
Alkali metals can be substituted for hydrogen. Any of them. They include lithim (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs) and francium (Fr). The alkali metals are in group one of the periodic table of the elements, and are all stacked up in the column below hydrogen. All the alkali metals are all organized with a lone electron in their outer most shell, or valence shell (in the neutral atom) and all of the alkali metals would like to loan out that electron to anything that would like to borrow it. It turns out that the reactivity of alkali metals are least to greatest from the top of the column to the bottom. This is because of electron screening. A link to our friends at Wikipedia is provided.
In what way is hydrogen like the alkali metals?
Hydrogen has a single valence electron, just like the alkali metals. Unlike them, however, hydrogen prefers to covalently bond instead of forming an ionic bond.
What is the name of the group IA elements?
Alkali Metals
Why is hydrogen grouped with the alkali metals?
Because Hydrogen is a gas that has metal in the element
Can Hydrogen make bond with alkali metals?
No, hydrogen is a nonmetal. It is grouped with the alkali metals because it has a similar outer shell electron configuration as they do. Hydrogen is something of an oddball among elements. It is rather unique, but share some characteristics with both the halogens and the alkali metals. When the periodic table is divided into groups (noble gasses, halogens, alkali metals, etc.) hydrogen is usually put in its own group.
Is hydrogen a alkali metal or alkaline metal?
Alkali metals can be substituted for hydrogen. Any of them. They include lithim (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs) and francium (Fr). The alkali metals are in group one of the periodic table of the elements, and are all stacked up in the column below hydrogen. All the alkali metals are all organized with a lone electron in their outer most shell, or valence shell (in the neutral atom) and all of the alkali metals would like to loan out that electron to anything that would like to borrow it. It turns out that the reactivity of alkali metals are least to greatest from the top of the column to the bottom. This is because of electron screening. A link to our friends at Wikipedia is provided.
In what way is hydrogen like the alkali metals?
Hydrogen has a single valence electron, just like the alkali metals. Unlike them, however, hydrogen prefers to covalently bond instead of forming an ionic bond.
What is the name of the group IA elements?
Alkali Metals
Is hydrogen in the alkaili metals metals?
No. Hydrogen is a nonmetal. It is only put in the alkali metal column because it has a similar electron configuration.
What element is not grouped with in a family?
Hydrogen would be one that I'd pick out just because it doesn't exactly have many similar properties to the alkali metals. At least helium is gaseous (as are the noble gases).
Why hydrogen is placed above alkali metals and not above non metals in modern periodic table?
The electron configuration of hydrogen is similar with that of alkali metals.
What elements are the group A elements?
They are the Alkali Metals (this excludeds hydrogen because it is a gas).
Why is the position of hydrogen not justified in periodic table?
Because hydrogen resembles both Halogens and Alkali Metals.
Which group has 1 valence electron?
Group 1- the Alkali metals and also Hydrogen.
Why is hydrogen located in a group with reactive metals when it is a gas?
Hydrogen is placed in the same group as the alkali metals because like the other alkali metals, it only has one valence electron (electron in the outermost energy level of the atom). Even so, many consider Hydrogen separately because unlike the other alkali metals, it cannot lose its one and only valence electron. Mendaliv put Hydrogen there because it could not go anywhere else.
