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Alkali metals and Alkaline earth metals

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Alkali metalsAlkaline earth metals
(i) In the Modern Periodic Table, Group 1 elements are alkali metals.(i) In the Modern Periodic Table, Group 2 elements are alkaline earth metals.
(ii) Atoms of these elements have one electron in the valence shell.(ii) Atoms of these elements have two electrons in their valence shell.
(iii) They are monovalent.(iii) They are divalent.
(iv) Their oxides and hydroxides dissolve readily in water.(iv) Their oxides and hydroxides dissolve slightly in water.

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