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You will be assessed on your ability to:
2.6 describe the reactions of these elements with water and understand that the reactions provide a basis for their recognition as a family of elements 2.7 describe the relative reactivities of the elements in Group 1 = Section notes = LAST EXAM 2018
 * 2.8 explain the relative reactivities of the elements in Group 1 in terms of distance between the outer electrons and the nucleus **

FIRST EXAM 2019 = Pages in textbook = Chapter 12 page 99. = Investigations = == = Resources =

Video clips
Watch this video to see rubidium and caesium react with water

media type="custom" key="8498408" Some say that the above film clip is a fake: http://theodoregray.com/periodictable/AlkaliBangs/index.html Another animation on sodium and water: this a list of quite a few experiments, one of which involves sodium: [|sodium and water] [|caesium and fluorine reacting]