Alkali metals like lithium, sodium, and potassium are famous for their dramatic reactions with water, from fizzing to full-on explosions. Their single valence electron makes them eager to react, ...

It’s a helpful rule of thumb: Main group elements prefer forming bonds that give them eight valence electrons; transition metals go for 18 electrons. Now scientists have shown that main group elements ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Sodium-ion battery, as an emerging battery technology beyond lithium-ion battery, has attracted great research interests recent years. Sodium-ion batteries have a similar ...

The recycling and recovery of metals from spent alkaline and zinc‐carbon batteries are emerging as pivotal processes in the sustainable management of battery waste. These processes involve a sequence ...

Scientists at Kunming University of Science and Technology collaborating with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have discovered a promising method for removing harmful alkaline earth metal ions ...

Developing highly efficient electrocatalysts for the CO 2 reduction reaction has attracted increasing interests in the past decade. Fe porphyrins have been shown to be highly efficient and selective ...

As a medical doctor, the explosion of interest in alkaline water in recent years has been concerning. Alkaline-water consumption is projected to hit a market capitalization of $1.3 billion by 2023. No ...

Alkaline water is specially treated water that you can buy in bottles. You can also make your own alkaline water at home. Some sources say that drinking alkaline water has health benefits, though the ...