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Compared with the alkaline earth metals, the alkali metals exhibit

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As compared to alkali metals, alkaline earth metals have
a. smaller atomic and ionic size
b. stronger metallic bonds.
c. higher melting points
d. more hard, due to stronger metallic bonding
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  16. Which alkali metal forms covalent compound?

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