Sodium.
Sodium is part of the periodic table group of Alkali metals with only one valence electron. They are very, very reactive, but it is not corrosive.
the element with seven valence electrons will be more reactive. The reason for this is that elements want to always want to have a full valence shell (they always want 8, like a noble gas). The element with eight valence electron is happy with its full shell and will not want to get rid of any electrons.
Hydrogen is so reactive because it only has one electron in its valence shell.
Yes. It is highly electronegative and only needs one valence electron so it is very voracious :)
No, lithium is ins a family of mostly metals with 1 valence electron.
Highly reactive metals with one valence electron are known as Alkali metals.
If the element has a full valence shell, such as the noble gases, then it is unreactive. It the element is missing few valence electrons of has few valence electrons, then the element is very reactive, such as the sodium.
Highly reactive metals with one valence electron are known as Alkali metals.
Sodium is part of the periodic table group of Alkali metals with only one valence electron. They are very, very reactive, but it is not corrosive.
the element with seven valence electrons will be more reactive. The reason for this is that elements want to always want to have a full valence shell (they always want 8, like a noble gas). The element with eight valence electron is happy with its full shell and will not want to get rid of any electrons.
Highly reactive metals with one valence electron are known as Alkali metals.
If an element has one valence electron it IS very reactive. ex. Fr and Cs are extermely reactive elements.This is because the one valence electron is so far from the nucleus there is not a strong force making it stay with the element.Alkali metals
The alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium) all have a single valence electron and tend to be very reactive. Note that hydrogen also has a single valence electron and is very reactive but it does not become metallic except at very, very, very low temperatures.or very, very, very high pressures (at least theory predicts it would be).
No, eight valence electrons completely fills the valence band and makes the atom inert. The most reactive atoms have either one valence electron or seven valence electrons.
Alkali metals are more reactive as they are in group 1 and therefore has only one valence electron. With only one valence electron, its easy for them to achieve inert configuration/ noble gas configuration, which makes them so reactive.
To start off, the electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom are called valence electrons. You can tell how many valence electrons an energy level has by finding out its group number. If an element is in group one, than it has one valence electron.
Hydrogen is so reactive because it only has one electron in its valence shell.