Question

What is the charge of the alkali metals?

Answer 1

Alkali metals:

1. The elements come under Group 1 and Period 1 of the periodic table that is electropositive, reactive, and monovalent metals.
2. The elements which come under this category are Lithium (Li), Sodium (Na), Potassium (K), Rubidium (Rb), Caesium (Cs), and Francium (Fr).

The significance of alkali metal charge is:

1. The charge of alkali metals is $+1$ except for the Lithium element.
2. All the elements are strongly reactive at the standard condition which easily lose the outermost electron to make a charge of $+1$.