Sodium is a softer metal than lithium. Describe how you think the softness of potassium compares with that of sodium
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potassium will easily desolve
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Sodium is softer metal than lithium but potassium is more softer than sodium metal and can easily :
☆cut by knife ,
☆easily soluble in water
● They are known as alkali metals and are softer because they have only one electron in outermost shell so they make loose metallic bonding .
Example:
Electronic configuration of sodium or Na(11):
2,8,1 that is 1 electron is present in outermost shell.
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