APA citation style: Historic American Buildings Survey, C. & Benison, G. (1933) Oakland Plantation, Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, SC. Documentation Compiled After. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sc0292/.
There are 18 groups (columns) in the periodic table. Group 1 (also known as the alkali metals) is the column on the far left of the table. Elements in the same group have similar, but not identical characteristics. This is because they all have the same number of electrons in their outermost shell.
When any pure metal from Group 1 of the periodic table comes into contact with water, the water, which is H2O, is torn apart in the reaction, and two things will happen. First hydrogen gas will be liberated, and second, OH ions (hydroxide ions) will be formed when they combine with the metal.(It'll get plenty hot, too.) The metal atoms have loaned an electron to the OH part of water to make it OH-, our hydroxide ion.hen any pure metal from Group 1 of the periodic table comes into contact with water, the water, which is H2O, is torn apart in the reaction, and two things will happen. First hydrogen gas will be liberated, and second, OH ions (hydroxide ions) will be formed when they combine with the metal.