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Where are the extremely electropositive metals positioned in the periodic table?


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  1. Electropositive character of an element is its ability to lose one or more electrons to form a positively charged ion.
  2. Elements of Group 1 contain only one electron in their valence shell.
  3. Hence, alkali metals (Group 1) elements are extremely electropositive metals.

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