Group 1 on the Periodic Table, known as the alkali metals, are the most reactive group of metals. They all share the chemical property of having just 1 valence electron. First ionization energies for these elements is quite low, and as you go down the group from top to bottom it gets lower. The alkali metals are so reactive that they do not exist elementally in nature; only in compounds. Sodium and potassium are the most common. Francium is the rarest.
All in group 1, the alkalines (+1 metals), increasing by going down the colomn.
Group I metals (alkali metals) are highly reactive.
alkali aka 1st group
Most non-metals are not highly reactive or an completely inert. However, the Halogens in Group 17 are reactive with nearly every substance on the planet.
Halogens are highly reactive and readily form salts with metals.
The difference between group 1 and group 2 metals is that group 1 metals have ONE valence electron and group 2 have TWO valence electrons. This makes a great difference in how they react chemically with other elements and compounds.
Metals: the farther to the left the more reactive they are. Group 1 metals, which include sodium and potassium, are so highly reactive that they do not exist in nature by themselves (only in compound form.) Non-metals: the farther to the right the more reactive they are *with the exception of group 18* which are the noble gases and do not react at all. The most reactive are group 17, which include fluorine and chlorine. These non-metals, like group 1, rarely exist by themselves because of their high reactivity.
Group 1, the Alkali Metals, which are extremely reactive.
They are called alkaline earth metals. They are a group of highly reactive metals.
metals
alkali aka 1st group
Group 17 - the Halogens
The highly reactive non-metals are in the halogen group. They just need one more electron to fill the octet. Therefore they are highly reactive. For example fluorine and chlorine. And the highly reactive metals are placed in the first group (alkali metals). For example Sodium and potassium.
Most non-metals are not highly reactive or an completely inert. However, the Halogens in Group 17 are reactive with nearly every substance on the planet.
Halogens are highly reactive and readily form salts with metals.
1. alkaline metals 2. alkaline earths metals
Group 17 (the halogens) are all highly reactive non-metals.
the most reactive (non-metals) group in the periodic table is GROUP 17+they are all reactive
Alkali metals are most reactive metals. Halogen family comprises of highly reactive non-metals.