PLEAse HELP M ASAPPP When potassium metal is placed in water, a large amount of energy is released as potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas are produced in the reaction 2K(s) + 2H20m - 2KOH(aq) + H2(g)- Your lab partner says this is a redox reaction and a combustion reaction. Do you agree? Defend your answer by explaining whether or not it meets the requirements of each type of reaction.

Chemical Reaction:In the given reaction potassium metal is placed in water and when a reactive metal is placed in water, it reacts with water to form metal hydroxide and hydrogen gas, as a result, potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas are produced in the reaction. A redox reaction is a reaction in which a substance is oxidized during the reaction whereas some other substance is reduced during the reaction, simultaneously.

Explanation:

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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.