Are sodium and potassium metals, nonmetals, or metalloids?

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Jul 26, 2014

Sodium and potassium are metals.

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The metals are coloured blue in the Periodic Table above.

Sodium and potassium are elements 11 and 19.

They are both in Group 1 of the Periodic Table.

That puts them among the most reactive metals in the Periodic Table.