Two substances, A and B, with the same melting point. How can you determine if they are the same without using any form of spectroscopy? Explain in detail.

Simply carry out the mixed melting point procedure

1 here grind the two substances mix them

2.take note of the melting point of the mixture this is P

3 also get the original product from a different source okay this is Q

4.so I the melting point of P = Q then they represent a similar compound

5. But if melting point of P is not equal to Q then one of the compounds is P is acting as an impurity so they are not the same

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.