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They are all soft, highly reactive metals with low melting points.
They react vigorously or violently with water, producing hydrogen gas and the corresponding hydroxide.
They form 1+ ions and their compounds are water soluble.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoAs all of the Alkali Metals are in the same group, they naturally all share some characteristics. The main characteristic from a chemist's point of view would be that they are all highly reactive in contact with water. The main characteristic from a physicist's point of view would be that they all have 1 electron in the outer shell of their atoms.
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∙ 12y agoThey all float, they all hiss, they turn water purple or blue and they have to be cut with a scalpal.
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∙ 14y agoThey all have one valence electron (one electron in the outermost shell of the atom).
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They all react with water.
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∙ 11y agoThey are very reactive.
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Which properties of alkali metals unusual metals?
Alkali metal forms Alkali while metals form bases.
What are more reactive alkali metals or alkline earth metals?
alkali metals
Are alkali metal and alkaline earht metals similar?
The alkali earth metals act in a similar but slightly less reactive way to alkali metals
Why alkali metals are kept in kerosene?
Why. Alkali. Metals are kept. In kerosene
What are elements called in group 1?
Alkali metals
What are the common properties of halogen?
highly reactive with alkali metals and alkaline earth metals
What is the most common charge for alkali earth metals?
+2
What important characteristics do the alkali metals and earth metals have in common?
They all have at least one electron.
Which properties of alkali metals unusual metals?
Alkali metal forms Alkali while metals form bases.
How chemically active are alkali metals?
Alkali metals are the most reactive metals.
What are more reactive alkali metals or alkline earth metals?
alkali metals
How are alkali metals different any from other metals?
Alkali metals are very reactive metals.
How do alkali metals react with other alkali metals?
They don't
Why are earth alkali metals called earth alkali metals?
Alkali earth metals are named after their oxides, alkaline earth.
Is alkali the only earth metal?
there are alkali metals and alkali earth metals but there is no such thing as an element called alkali...
What is the common name for group 1 elements?
Main group or Alkali metals
Which set of elements make up the reactive group of all metals?
The alkali metals in column 1 of most wide-form periodic tables.
