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is sodium or francium highest reactive metal?explain
Asked by Somnath Pal | 18 Feb, 2014, 09:50: PM
answered-by-expert Expert Answer
  • The size of francium is much bigger than sodium.
  • Francium can easily loose away its valence electron as it is less attracted by the nucleus than sodium.
  • The electronegativity of Francium is very less among all the alkali metals.
  • Hence it can give away the loosely bound electron to the more electronegative atom easily.
  • Therefore, between Sodium and Francium, francium is more reactive.
 
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