Which alkali metal is the strongest reducing agent
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▶Reducing agent :- An element which loses its electrons to another chemical species in redox reaction.
▶Alkali metal which is strongest reducing agent is Lithium(Li).
▶Lithium participate actively as reducing agents in redox reactions.
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▶Reducing agent :- An element which loses its electrons to another chemical species in redox reaction.
▶Alkali metal which is strongest reducing agent is Lithium(Li).
▶Lithium participate actively as reducing agents in redox reactions.
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From the ionization energies we might expect lithium to be the weakest of the alkali metals as a reducing agent in water.However, the standard reduction potentials indicate that it is the strongest. This reversal results mainly from the very large energy of hydration of the small Li+ ion.
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