Chemistry
The metals of Group 2 in the periodic table from top to bottom are — Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba.
(i) Which one of these elements will form ions most readily. Give reasons.
(ii) State the common feature in the electronic configuration of all these given elements.
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(i) Ba - Elements at the bottom of a group are most metallic, have large atomic size and lowest ionisation potential. So, the outer electrons are loosely held and will form ions from metals most readily and thus are more reactive.
(ii) As the elements belong to group 2 thus they all have 2 electrons in the valence shell.
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