Describe the physical properties of alkali and alkaline earth metals.
Describe the physical properties of alkali and alkaline earth metals.
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- All the alkali and alkaline earth metals are silvery white in appearance.
- Due to their large atomic size they have low density.
- Both alkali and alkaline earth metals are soft, however, alkaline earth metals are harder than the alkali metals.
- Alkali metals are the most electropositive elements while alkaline earth metals are comparatively less electropositive than alkali metals.
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