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Cs - Cesium. It only has one outer elecron to lose to achieve a noble gas configuration. In this case it would be Xenon. Because it is well down the Periodic Table it is a relatively large atom and thus that outer electron is also well away from the nucleus and thus even easier to lose that electron because the nucleus does not hold it as strongly. Because of these factors it is more reactive than similar atoms of Li, Na, k, Rb.

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