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Title: Group 1 element reducing power
Post by: ralphz94 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 ??

Title: Re: Group 1 element reducing power
Post by: Hunter2 on January 28, 2015, 06:21:43 AM

Who say that. In my knowledge its Caesium (Francium is not investigated so much).

Title: Re: Group 1 element reducing power
Post by: mjc123 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

Title: Re: Group 1 element reducing power
Post by: Dan on January 28, 2015, 08:51:33 AM

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