alkali metal

Summary

alkali metal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• alkali metal is a type of metal^[2].
• alkali metal is a type of water-reactive substance^[3].
• alkali metal is a type of simple substance^[4].
• alkali metal is part of periodic table^[5].
• alkali metal is part of main group^[6].
• alkali metal is part of group 1^[7].
• alkali metal's Commons category is recorded as Alkali metals^[8].
• alkali metal comprises chemical element^[9].
• alkali metal comprises lithium^[10].
• alkali metal comprises sodium^[11].
• alkali metal comprises potassium^[12].
• alkali metal comprises rubidium^[13].
• alkali metal comprises caesium^[14].
• alkali metal comprises francium^[15].
• alkali metal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alkali metals^[16].
• alkali metal's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• alkali metal's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• alkali metal's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• alkali metal's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• alkali metal's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• alkali metal's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1^[22].
• alkali metal's different from is recorded as alkali^[23].
• alkali metal's different from is recorded as alkaline earth metal^[24].
• alkali metal's does not have part is recorded as hydrogen^[25].
• alkali metal's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include metal^[2], water-reactive substance^[3], and simple substance^[4].

Use and Application

Components include chemical element^[9], a second-order class^[27]; lithium^[10], a chemical element^[28]; sodium^[11], a chemical element^[29]; potassium^[12], a chemical element^[30]; rubidium^[13], a chemical element^[31]; and caesium^[14], a chemical element^[32]. Part of include periodic table^[5], a chemical classification^[33], founded in 1869^[34]; main group^[6], a chemical series^[35]; and group 1^[7], a group^[36].

Why It Matters

alkali metal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,663 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]