Discussion
Which one of the following is the softest?
Answer: B
Sodium is the softest of these.
It rates about 0.5 on the Mohs scale and can be cut with a knife. Alkali metals are soft because each atom contributes only one electron to the metallic bond, and the bond weakens further as the atom grows; sodium is softer than lithium for that reason.
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