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Conductivity MP BP and Electronegativity (Group 2)

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(b) Alkali metals and halogens do not occur free in nature

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Alkali metals and halogens are highly reactive. They are unstable and react with other elements to form compounds in order to attain stability.
Due to their reactive nature, they do not occur in the free state in nature. They occur in combined states.

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