group 1 and transition metals

• Sodium

  Reacts with oxygen to burn with a crimson red flame and form a white powder
• Lithium

  Reacts with oxygen to burn with a yellow-orange flame and form a white powder
• Reaction with water

  Forms a solution of metal hydroxide (e.g. sodium hydroxide) and hydrogen gas
• Sodium has electronic configuration (2, 8, 1)
• Alkali metals have low density and are soft
• The transition metals are the block of elements between groups 2 and 3 in the periodic table
• Transition metals include common metals such as iron, copper, silver and gold