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alkaline earth metals are harder than alkali metals

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The strength of metallic bond in alkaline earth metals is higher than alkalie metals due to presence of 2 electrons in its outermost shell as compared to alkalie metal which have only 1 electron in valence shell. Therefore alkaline earth metals are harder than alkali metals.

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