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Present a comparative account of the alkali and alkaline earth metals with respect to the following characteristics.
(a) Tendency to form ionic/covalent compounds (b) Nature of oxides and their solubility in water
(c) Formation of oxoslats
(d) Solubility of oxosalts
(e) Thermal stability of oxosalts

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