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const2013 [10]
3 years ago
13

Why are the alkali metals and the halogens among the most reactive elements on the periodic table

Chemistry
2 answers:
tensa zangetsu [6.8K]3 years ago
7 0
Because the alkali metals are the group 1 metals, they have only 1 valence electron that they want to lose, and the halogens are the group 17 nonmetals, they want to gain 1 valence electron to become stable.
Lesechka [4]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Because the alkali metals are the group 1 metals, they have only 1 valence electron that they want to lose, and the halogens are the group 17 nonmetals, they want to gain 1 valence electron to become stable.

Explanation:

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