alkali metals are never found free in nature. give reason.
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Alkali metals are very active. They can do reactions in any condition with water gases and etc..... So alkalis are never found free in nature..
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a. All alkali metals are most electropositive metals. They have one valence electron (i.e., ns¹) outside the noble gas core.
b. This valence electron is loosely held and can be lost easily to produce corresponding
monovalent M ions. Hence, alkali metals show +1 oxidation state.
c. The monovalent M ions readily combine with other elements to form various compounds.
d. Thus, owing to their highly reactive nature, alkali metals are never found in free state.
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