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The alkali metals/group 1 are recognized as a group and family of elements. These elements are metals. Sodium and potassium are examples of elements in this family. Hydrogen is not considered an alkali metal because the gas does not exhibit the typical properties of the group. The largest family of elements consists of transition metals/group 3-12/group 3a. The center of the periodic table contains the transition metals, plus the two rows below the body of the table (lanthanides and actinides) are special transition metals. Even though both are metals, transition metals have higher melting points; they have higher density; they are less reactive with water; they react and form ions with different charges, but Group 1 metals only form 1+ ions. (Hope the is helpful! You can reword it if you want...)
