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Why does potassium react faster with water than sodium does?
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High School (9–10)
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The Periodic Table › Groups and Families
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Why does potassium react faster with water than sodium does?
Its outer electron is farther from the nucleus, so it is lost more easily
It is lighter than sodium
Its nucleus has fewer protons
It has more outer electrons
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