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Cesium has the larger atomic radius, because it has electrons in 6 energy levels, whereas potassium has electrons in only 4 energy levels. As a result, cesium is the more reactive of these two alkali metals, because its valence electron is farther away from the nucleus, and thus easier to manipulate away from that atom to form an ion.

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