alkaline metal

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alkaline metal - any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium); "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline"

alkali metal

metal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

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It is a hard, silver alkaline metal that is found mostly in the earth's crust and mantle.

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developed compatible plasticizers for vinyl polymers by trans-esterification of vegetable oils and alcohols, catalyzed by an alcoxide generated by the reaction of an alcohol with an alkaline metal.

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Each single Period (except for Hydrogen) starts with an alkaline metal and then ends with a noble gas.

The upper limit of the periodic table of elements points out to the "long" version of the table, instead of the "short" one

Usually lithium and water don't quite get along the spontaneously combusting alkaline metal burns in water.

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Methodology of deposition of porous condensates in electron beam evaporation and joint deposition of the stainless steel vapor phases and the alkaline metal halogenide on a preliminarily heated up to a certain temperature substrate is described in detail in [3].

Influence of substrate temperature on formation of porous structure of stainless steel in case of its joint deposition with NACL and KC1 vapors

Cesium is an alkaline metal that melts in the hand, reacts violently and painfully with the skin and is made dangerous by its tendency to catch fire.