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Head Elements (Group 1)

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The alkali metals follow the noble gases in their atomic structure. What properties of these metals can be predicted from this information?

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To attain noble gas configuration, alkali metals loose 1 electron easily to become cations. So, it can be predicted that they are electropositive and have low values of ionization energy

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