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Reducing Nature (Group 2)

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WEAK REDUCTANT(in aqs solution)alkali metal is what

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A reductant or a reducing agent is the one which donates electrons to other species and reduces it and in the process itself gets oxidised.

Alkali metals easily lose their valence electrons and hence are good reducing agents.

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