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Give reasons:
1. Alkali metals are powerful reducing agents.
2. Li floats on light household oil.
3. K and Cs are used in photoelectric cells and not Li.
4. BeO is amphoteric.
Asked by SS27 | 14 Feb, 2015, 01:32: AM
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1.Alkali metals are powerful reducing agents.
Alkali metals are powerful reducing agents because they have low ionisation energy and so have a strong tendency to lose the s-electron.
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Answered by Arvind Diwale | 15 Feb, 2015, 08:41: PM
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