How do you account for the observation that the alkali metals, like sodium and potassium, are soft

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How do you account for the observation that the alkali metals, like sodium and potassium, are soft enough to be cut with a knife?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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