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Explain why can alkali and alkaline earth metals not be obtained by chemical reduction methods ?

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Alkali metals and alkaline earth metals are themselves very strong reducing agents, much stronger than the commonly used reducing agents. Therefore, they cannot be obtained by chemical reduction methods.
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