JEE Main Chemistry question

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Alkali metals are characterised by:

(A)Good conductors of heat and electricityCorrect
(B)High melting points
(C)Low oxidation potentials
(D)High ionisation potentials

Answer: (A)

Solution

Like all metals, alkali metals are good conductors of heat and electricity owing to their delocalised metallic bonding and mobile valence electrons. They have comparatively low (not high) melting points (B is

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Question ID VK-137826