Describe and explain the trend of reactivity of group 2 metals with water
reactivity increases DOWN the group
Extra shells of electrons means there is increased shielding, and therefore atomic radii increases
even though nuclear charge increases, the extra shielding outweighs this and so overall nuclear attraction decreases
these mean that it is easier to remove the 2 outer electrons
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