They are very reactive with water or oxygen: they donate electrons very easily to it, thus forming hydrogen + hydroxides or oxides respectively and lots of HEAT.
Alkali metals like sodium and potassium are very reactive and have a strong tendency to form compounds with other elements. When carbon is used for reduction, it is not strong enough to overcome the reactivity of alkali metals and therefore cannot reduce them. Specialized methods using more reactive materials are needed to reduce alkali metals effectively.
Yes, alkali metals are more reactive than alkaline-earth metals. All atoms want to have 8 electrons in their outer shells. Alkali metals have to give one electron away, where as alkaline-earth metals need to give two away which is less energetically favorable.
Alkali and alkaline earth metals are highly reactive elements that readily form compounds with other elements. This high reactivity makes them difficult to isolate using chemical reduction methods as they will easily react with any available substance, such as water or oxygen, preventing pure elemental form from being obtained. Instead, alkali and alkaline earth metals are typically extracted through more complex methods, such as electrolysis or by using reactive metals like magnesium as reducing agents.
The periodic table has three main groups: metals, non-metals and metalloids. Metals are solid and conductors of electricity. Metals can be found in the left of the periodic table.
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Alkaline metals are extremely reactive to H20. Since there is moisture in our skin, we should avoid handling it without gloves. This why the more reactive ones are stored in oil, to avoid them reacting to the moisture in the air.
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Acid leaching refers to a process in which an acid solution is used to extract metals from ores or materials. Alkali leaching, on the other hand, involves using alkaline solutions for the same purpose. Both methods are common in hydrometallurgical processes for recovering metals from their ores.
Phenolphtahlein in acid should be colorless, and in base it should be pink.
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