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Sodium and Potassium do not form complex ions, because:

Important Questions on s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)

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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Sodium salts in aqueous solutions are either neutral or alkaline in nature:
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Alkali metals are paramagnetic but their salts are diamagnetic, because:
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
The softness of group 1A metals increases down the group with increasing atomic number. 
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Lithium fluoride has the lowest solubility of the group 1A metal halide, because:
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Why sodium is kept under kerosene?
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Alkali metals are obtained by the electrolysis of the molten salts and not by the electrolysis of their aqueous solutions.
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Melting point and boiling point of alkali metals decrease from Li to Cs. Explain.
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JEE Advanced
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Chapterwise/Topicwise Daily Practice Problems (DPP) Inorganic Chemistry Part - 1 JEE Main & Advanced>Chapter 4 - s-Block Group 1 (Alkali Metals)>DPP>Q 1
Lithium hydroxide has been used by astronauts for a particular purpose, explain it with reaction.