A student designs an investigation to test the reactivity of two elements with HCI to produce hydrogen gas. Using the periodic table as a model, which of the
following would you expect to produce the most hydrogen gas within the first
minute of the reaction?
2Cs (s) + 2HCl(aq) -- 2CsCl (aq) + H2(8)
2Al(s) + 6HCl(aq) -- AICI, (aq) + 3H2 (8)
Cs, because it has the lower lonization energy and more easily gives up its
valence electrons to participate in a reaction
Al, because it has the higher lonization energy and more readily accepts
electrons to participate in a reaction
Cs, because it has the higher lonization energy and more easily gives up its
valence electrons to participate in a reaction
Al, because it has the lower ionization energy and more readily gives up valence
electrons to participate in a reaction

Explanation:

A1, because it had lower Ionization energy

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.

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