alkali metals

why alkali metals Li , Na , K cannot b stored in water????

and what is meant by thermal stability???

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mohit sengar ·

because they r highly reactive metals as they have 1 electron in their outermost shell which can be lose easily .so they react with the water explosively if they r kept in it . that's y they r kept in kerosene rather than kept in water .

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Honey Arora ·

Thermal stability of a molecule is its resistance to decomposition at high tempratures

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