They are all soft, highly reactive metals with low melting points.
They react vigorously or violently with water, producing hydrogen gas and the corresponding hydroxide.
They form 1+ ions and their compounds are water soluble.
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alkali metals
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neither. it is a noble gas
alkaline earth metals
Under to process of electron affinity , they readily form anions. As elements they are coloured. Yellow, green, brown, black/indigo, black. As elements on going down the group they range from gas to liquid to solid. That is their m.p. & b.p. become higher on going down the group. Do not conduct electricity Poisonous. They are all strongly electronegative They all form 'chemical salts' with cationic metals. e.g. sodium chloride The name 'halogen' means 'salt maker/generator' , and is from Classical Greece.
They all have at least one electron.
All alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and halogens have a common valence electron configuration: alkali metals have 1 valence electron, alkaline earth metals have 2 valence electrons, and halogens have 7 valence electrons. This shared electron configuration influences their chemical properties, such as reactivity and bonding tendencies.
No, alkali metals are not the only earth metals. Earth metals include both alkali metals and alkaline earth metals. Alkaline earth metals are a group of elements in the periodic table that are chemically similar to, but less reactive than, alkali metals. Examples of alkaline earth metals include magnesium, calcium, and barium.
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Alkali metals are very reactive metals.
Alkali earth metals are named after their oxides, alkaline earth.
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alkali metals
Alkali metals are the metals in family/group I.Lithium, sodium, potassium, Rubidium, Cesium, Francium are Alkali metals.
Lithium is the first of the alkali metals
alkali metals