ChemistryCode 5070

Group I properties

What this topic asks you to be able to do

  • Describe lithium, sodium and potassium, the alkali metals of Group I, as relatively soft metals that show general trends going down the group, limited to: (a) melting point decreasing (b) density increasing (c) reactivity increasing
  • Predict, from information supplied about them, the properties of the remaining Group I elements