{"id":2,"count":6,"description":"The alkali metals are a group in the periodic table consisting of the chemical elements lithium<\/a> (Li), sodium<\/a> (Na), potassium<\/a> (K), rubidium<\/a> (Rb), caesium<\/a> (Cs), and francium<\/a> (Fr).\r\n\r\nThis group lies in the s-block of the periodic table as all alkali metals have their outermost electron in an s-orbital. Any of a group of soft metallic elements that form alkali solutions when they combine with water. They include lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. Except for cesium, which has a gold sheen, alkali metals are white.\r\n\r\nThe alkali metals have one electron in their outer shell, and therefore react easily with other elements and are found in nature only in compounds.\r\n\r\n[table id=9 \/]","link":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/metals\/alkali-metals\/","name":"Alkali Metals","slug":"alkali-metals","taxonomy":"category","parent":12,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/12"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}