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Alkali metals

Alkali metal

(Science: chemistry) Any of the highly reactive metals (such as sodium or potassium) found in the first column of the periodic table, these metals act as bases.


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Another biochemical question

1. Group I/II elements are the alkali/alkaline earth metals. They most readily form salts. Sodium + chlorine forms sodium chloride; sodium + water forms sodium ...

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