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They are highly reactive metals, reacting with water (explosively) and air. In nature they simply would not last very long at all!
i don't know. but i am in chemestry and i need to know.
what i know so far is, that the are found in common substances.
if you are a chemestry teacher you should know! :)
plese get back to me by december 13th. i have a short exam then.
but i also know that They are unstable in air and in water (moisture).
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∙ 11y agoBecause of their great reactivity. Reacting with everything make these metals compounds. Many of them have to be kept in oils in the pure form, or they would react with the air and become oxides.
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∙ 13y agoThey are extremely reactive with water. Sodium, for example, can be placed in water and cause a small explosion, or at the least, burn.
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∙ 11y agoThe Alkali metals are highly reactive and most "pure" deposits would quickly react and become other compounds
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∙ 11y agoThey are highly reactive.
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Are alkali metals always found pure in nature?
Alkali metals are not found as pure elements in nature.
Why are group 1 metals called alkaine metals?
They are actually called the alkali metals. They are called the alkali metals because many of the compounds they form are bases (alkaline) and in pure form they will react with water to produce strong bases.
Are alkali metals readily available in nature?
The alkali metals are all very recative and are not found free in nature (pure elemental form) but are always found as compounds. (minerals)
Are alkali metals found as pure elements in sea water?
Alkali metals exist only as salts.
Which properties of alkali metals unusual metals?
Alkali metal forms Alkali while metals form bases.
Are alkali metals always found pure in nature?
Alkali metals are not found as pure elements in nature.
Why are group 1 metals called alkaine metals?
They are actually called the alkali metals. They are called the alkali metals because many of the compounds they form are bases (alkaline) and in pure form they will react with water to produce strong bases.
Are alkali metals readily available in nature?
The alkali metals are all very recative and are not found free in nature (pure elemental form) but are always found as compounds. (minerals)
Are alkali metals found as pure elements in sea water?
Alkali metals exist only as salts.
Which properties of alkali metals unusual metals?
Alkali metal forms Alkali while metals form bases.
Is an metal acidic or alkaline?
Pure metals are neither, no pure element is and acid or an alkali, it is only compounds made from elements that have this property. When metals form compounds those compounds are typically alkaline.
Are there pure samples of alkali metals in the earth's crust?
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What ion charges do the alkali metals form?
Alkali metals forn cations with the chrage +1.
Which set of elements make up the reactive group of all metals?
The alkali metals in column 1 of most wide-form periodic tables.
Why are group 1 metals knowns as alkali metals?
Group 1 elements are known as alkali metals because they react with water to form alkali (or bases).
Why is it unlikely to find pure alkali metals in a nature?
They are very reactive
Is a metal an acid or alkali?
its definitley not acid Some metals are called alkali metals or alkaline earth metals because they often form alkaline compounds; but metals are not alkali or acids.
