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What crystal structure do all the alkali metals share?
APrimitive cubic
BFace-centred cubic
CHexagonal packed
DBody-centred cubic
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Body-centred cubic
Weak metallic bonding in the ns1 metals leads to a body-centred cubic lattice for all of them.
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