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Physical Properties (Group 1)

Why Cs is mos...

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Why Cs is most electropositive in among all alkali metals?

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All Li, Na, K , Rb and Cs are alkali metals which have only one electron in their valence shell. The most electropositive metal of these is Cesium (Cs) because of its larger size, hence it can lose an quite easily.

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