alkaline metal(n = noun.substance) alkali metal - any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium); "the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline"
is a kind of metal, metallic element

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