it has one electron in its outer energy level like all alkali metals
Hydrogen is grouped with the alkali metals because it has similar properties to Group 1 elements, such as forming ions with a +1 charge and being highly reactive. However, hydrogen is often considered separately due to its unique properties, such as variability in oxidation states.
Alkali metals can be substituted for hydrogen. Any of them. They include lithim (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs) and francium (Fr). The alkali metals are in group one of the periodic table of the elements, and are all stacked up in the column below hydrogen. All the alkali metals are all organized with a lone electron in their outer most shell, or valence shell (in the neutral atom) and all of the alkali metals would like to loan out that electron to anything that would like to borrow it. It turns out that the reactivity of alkali metals are least to greatest from the top of the column to the bottom. This is because of electron screening. A link to our friends at Wikipedia is provided.
Hydrogen shares some properties with alkali metals, particularly in its ability to lose one electron to form a cation with a +1 charge like alkali metals. However, hydrogen is a nonmetal and not a metal like the alkali metals.
No, hydrogen is a nonmetal. It is grouped with the alkali metals because it has a similar outer shell electron configuration as they do. Hydrogen is something of an oddball among elements. It is rather unique, but share some characteristics with both the halogens and the alkali metals. When the periodic table is divided into groups (noble gasses, halogens, alkali metals, etc.) hydrogen is usually put in its own group.
It is much more common for hydrogen to lose an electron and become H+ than it is for it to become H- (like a halogen would), as in a hydride. Because it is possible for either behavior, though, some periodic tables DO show hydrogen in group 17. Some show it in group 1. Some show both, and some show hydrogen sitting in the middle by itself. It's a tricky one.
Hydrogen is grouped with the alkali metals because it has similar properties to Group 1 elements, such as forming ions with a +1 charge and being highly reactive. However, hydrogen is often considered separately due to its unique properties, such as variability in oxidation states.
Alkali metals can be substituted for hydrogen. Any of them. They include lithim (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs) and francium (Fr). The alkali metals are in group one of the periodic table of the elements, and are all stacked up in the column below hydrogen. All the alkali metals are all organized with a lone electron in their outer most shell, or valence shell (in the neutral atom) and all of the alkali metals would like to loan out that electron to anything that would like to borrow it. It turns out that the reactivity of alkali metals are least to greatest from the top of the column to the bottom. This is because of electron screening. A link to our friends at Wikipedia is provided.
Hydrogen shares some properties with alkali metals, particularly in its ability to lose one electron to form a cation with a +1 charge like alkali metals. However, hydrogen is a nonmetal and not a metal like the alkali metals.
No, hydrogen is a nonmetal. It is grouped with the alkali metals because it has a similar outer shell electron configuration as they do. Hydrogen is something of an oddball among elements. It is rather unique, but share some characteristics with both the halogens and the alkali metals. When the periodic table is divided into groups (noble gasses, halogens, alkali metals, etc.) hydrogen is usually put in its own group.
(A similar relationship exists in Group 1, which includes hydrogen and the alkali metals. All have the same valence configuration, but hydrogen is never included as a member of the alkali metals family.)
It is much more common for hydrogen to lose an electron and become H+ than it is for it to become H- (like a halogen would), as in a hydride. Because it is possible for either behavior, though, some periodic tables DO show hydrogen in group 17. Some show it in group 1. Some show both, and some show hydrogen sitting in the middle by itself. It's a tricky one.
No. Hydrogen is a nonmetal. It is only put in the alkali metal column because it has a similar electron configuration.
Hydrogen would be one that I'd pick out just because it doesn't exactly have many similar properties to the alkali metals. At least helium is gaseous (as are the noble gases).
The electron configuration of hydrogen is similar with that of alkali metals.
As with all alkali metals, hydrogen has one electron in its outermost shell.
Although hydrogen is written above the alkali metals on the periodic table, it is not an alkali metal. It is only placed in that location because it has 1 electron in its outermost s orbital, like the alkali metals. Some tables put hydrogen all by itself above the rest of the table in the middle, with lines running from it diagonally down to both lithium and fluorine, to indicate its ability to either accept or donate a single electron to achieve a filled outer shell. However, it doesn't really belong with the alkali metals or with the halogens.
Hydrogen is placed in group 1, along with alkali metals