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Why are alkali metals soft and have low melting points?

Harshit Singh , 5 Years ago
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Pawan Prajapati

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Answer: Alkali metals have only one valence electron per metal atom. As a result, the binding energy of alkali metal ions in the close-packed metal lattices are weak. Therefore, these are soft and have low melting point.


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