Answer
The two properties listed in Table that suggest that Group 1A metals are unlikely to exist as free metals are
(1) the low ionization energies, which show how easily the outermost electron can be removed and
(2) very negative standard reduction potentials, which indicate that the aqueous ions are not easily reduced to metals and that the free metals are easily oxidized to 1+ cations.
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The two properties listed in Table that suggest that Group 1A metals are unlikely to exist as free metals are
(1) the low ionization energies, which show how easily the outermost electron can be removed and
(2) very negative standard reduction potentials, which indicate that the aqueous ions are not easily reduced to metals and that the free metals are easily oxidized to 1+ cations.
