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alkali metal
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alkali metal
n.
Any of a group of soft, white, low-density, low-melting, highly reactive metallic elements, including lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.


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Meteoric waters in near-surface settings are almost always undersaturated with respect to carbonates because rain water is essentially devoid of earth alkali metals yet slightly acidic because of dissolved atmospheric C[O.
Investigations of burial diagenesis in carbonate hydrocarbon ... by Machel, Hans G. / Geoscience Canada
The new observation that sodium can melt at just above room temperature, 27[degrees]C, confirms a growing suspicion among scientists that alkali metals are more complicated than they previously thought.
Metal rebel: under extreme pressure, sodium breaks the rules for ... by Goho, A. / Science News
This is especially important in alkali metals where the one valence electron is particularly sensitive to any core changes.
Electron-impact cross sections for ground state to np excitations of ... by Kim, Yong-Ki / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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