GCSE Chemistry - Group 1 Alkali Metals #11

What are alkali metals? Why are they so reactive? What are the trends as you go down the group? How do they react with water, oxygen and chlorine? Learn all this and more!

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Recap (for myself) Alkali metals -grp 1 - soft, low density, low melt/boil points -top is less reactive, doqnwards more reactive - want full valence shell so minus outermost 1 electron (cuz its grp 1) - more reactive downwards as distance between nucleus n valence shell larger Ionic compounds -Ionic bond -white salts, water soluble Reactions Alkali + H²0 → metal hydroxide + hydrogen gas (reacts vigorously) + Cholrine gas → eg. NaCL (vigorous) +Oxygen → metal oxide (eg. Sodium peroxide Na²O² sodium oxide Na²0)

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