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Offline ralphz94

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Group 1 element reducing power
« on: January 28, 2015, 03:33:09 AM »
Its is knows that group 1 elements have high reducing power because they need to lose 1 electron to become stable and in addition to there low ionization state , but why is lithium the strongest reducing agent among these metals knowing the lithium has the highest ionization energy and smaller radius ??

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Re: Group 1 element reducing power
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2015, 06:21:43 AM »
Who say that. In my knowledge its Caesium (Francium is not investigated so much).

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Re: Group 1 element reducing power
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2015, 06:47:35 AM »
Standard electrode potentials M+/M (V): Li -3.03, Cs -3.02, Rb -2.94, K -2.93, Na -2.71

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Re: Group 1 element reducing power
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2015, 08:51:33 AM »
My research: Google Scholar and Researchgate

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