1 is correct, i’m not sure if that’s the answer your looking for because of the wording, but if it’s a multiple choice answer then that’s it
Here’s what I found:
It takes very little energy to remove that outermost electron from an alkali metal. Thus, alkali metals easily lose their outermost electron to become a +1 ion. ... In fact, as you go down the 1A column, the first ionization energies get lower and lower, making cesium the most easily ionized element on the periodic table.
So basically it’s because part of what makes alkali metals so reactive is that they have one electron in their outermost electron layer.
Answer:
The London dispersion force is a temporary attractive force that results when the electrons in two adjacent atoms occupy positions that make the atoms form temporary dipoles. Dispersion forces are present between any two molecules (even polar molecules) when they are almost touching.
Thus <em>PROTON movement causes partial positive & negative charges creating
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<em>attraction</em> will be crrt
