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Alkali metals
The alkali metals (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, caesium, and francium) are the most homogeneous column of elements in the periodic table, exhibiting very clear periodic trends. All of them are soft and extremely reactive metals, readily giving up their sole valence electron to form cations. Their history spans over centuries, from the ancient use of sodium and potassium salts to the ongoing attempts to make the elusive element 119. All five stable alkali metals have important applications, with sodium and potassium being essential elements for life.


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Not enough chemistry topics! (Partial self nom, as I worked on two of these articles: alkali metal and ununennium.) --Double sharp (talk) 13:38, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, pending assurances that 119 will be expanded when it's discovered within the next few years :D - one can hope the table will go past 118! ♫ Hurricanehink ( talk ) 16:42, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Box includes 8 articles but says 7 at the top. Something weird going on with Ununennius? I noticed ot was not in the table on the alkali metals artcle like the rest?  MPJ  -DK 16:48, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, my mistake, I miscounted. Ununennium is not on the table in the main article because it hasn't been discovered yet. Hopefully it will be in the next few years, upon which we will make the necessary updates! ^_^ Double sharp (talk) 01:32, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Support then.  MPJ  -DK 18:07, 29 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Intro blurb should list the order from lightest to heaviest - for those without chem background. Nergaal (talk) 08:47, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * ✅ Didn't include element 119, since it's not yet been discovered (and chemical investigation after that will probably have to wait another decade or so). Double sharp (talk) 09:17, 8 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support, everything checks out. I'm impressed there was enough on the hypothetical element to get a GA out of, actually. Wizardman  20:56, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Support everything is good. Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  23:35, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Closed with a consensus to promote to Good Topic. - GamerPro64  20:12, 21 December 2016 (UTC)