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Question

Alkali metals are not characterised by :

Options

A.good conductor of heat and electricity
B.high oxidation potentials
C.high melting points
D.solubility in liquid ammonia

Solution

They have weak metallic bond because of one valence electron per atom. So they have low melting points.

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