alkali metal

English

Noun

alkali metal (plural alkali metals)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Any of the soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table; lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium.

Related terms

• alkaline earth metal

Translations

soft, light, reactive metals of Group 1 of the periodic table

• Afrikaans: alkalimetaal (af)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鹼金屬／碱金属 (gaan² gam¹ suk⁶)

  Mandarin: 鹼金屬／碱金属 (zh) (jiǎnjīnshǔ)

• Czech: alkalický kov m
• Danish: alkalimetal n
• Esperanto: alkala metalo
• Finnish: alkalimetalli (fi)
• French: métal alcalin (fr) m
• German: Alkalimetall (de) n
• Greek: αλκαλιμέταλλο n (alkalimétallo)
• Hungarian: alkálifém (hu)
• Japanese: アルカリ金属 (ja) (arukari kinzoku)
• Korean: 알칼리 금속 (alkalli geumsok)
• Malay: logam alkali
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: alkalimetall n

  Nynorsk: alkalimetall n

• Persian: فلز قلیایی (felez-e qaliâyi)
• Polish: litowiec m
• Romanian: metal alcalin (ro) n
• Russian: щелочно́й мета́лл (ru) m (ščeločnój metáll)
• Swedish: alkalimetall (sv) c
• Telugu: క్షార లోహము (te) (kṣāra lōhamu)
• Vietnamese: kim loại kiềm

Further reading

• alkali metal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia