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Explain why the boiling and melting point of alkali metals decrease down the group as the halogens increase down the group

Explain why the boiling and melting point of alkali metals decrease down the group as the halogens increase down the group

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john
Melting points of all group (i) elements is dependent on the strength of the metallic bond. In metallic bonding, the group (i) cations in the metallic lattice are attracted to the delocalised electrons. Down the group, the number of delocalised electrons and the charge on each cation remains the same at +1 but the cationic radius increases so the attraction between the cations and the electrons in the lattice get weaker down the group and so does the strength of the metallic bond.
hingboe answered the question on July 17, 2019 at 09:23

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