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Why alkali metals are soft and have low melting points?

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Why alkali metals are soft and have low melting points?

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Alkali metals have only one valence electron per metal atom. As a result, the binding energy of alkali metal ions in the close-packed metal lattices are weak. Therefore, these are soft and have low melting point.

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