Which Is The Most Reactive Element In The Periodic Table?

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Fluorine is identified as the most reactive nonmetal and the most electronegative element in the periodic table, making it the strongest oxidizing agent. Caesium is the most reactive metal in the periodic table, so much that working with this metal often ends in explosions!

What did one chemist say to another when he found him aggrieved? “Why are you sodium distressed? I think you’re over-reacting!” See what I did there? Sometimes I wonder why – despite my hilarity – I find it really hard to make friends…

Anyway, other than my poor grades, the first thing that comes to mind when I think of chemistry is lab coats, oddly shaped vessels, as if reflections from carnival mirrors, and blazing explosions. Every now and then, somebody mumbles “reaction” or “reactivity”, terms so ubiquitous that you’ll find them infiltrating chemistry books to their very last page. This is exactly what we’re concerned with right now.

Devoid of any technical jargon, a “reaction” is exactly what it means, a response. Reactivity, on the other hand, can be defined as the measure of how readily a chemical species will participate in a reaction and form chemical bonds. So, the question becomes – which element is the easiest to incite? But first…