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Lithium cannot be kept in Kerosene other like alkali metals e.g. Na,K etc- Why?

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best_answer Total number of lone pair of electrons in 3I?ion is
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lithium is lower dense then kerocene
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so it float on kerocene
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I3- is dsp3 hybridized and contains 3 lone pairs.
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There is total 9 number of lone pairs in I3- ion.
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I3- is dsp3 hybridized and contains 3 lone pairs at central atom , total lone pairs =9
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The density of kerosene is higher than the lithium, if we immerse the lithium in it, it starts to float. So, the jelly like Paraffin wax is used.

Density of kerosene= 0.81g/cm³

Density of Lithium= 0.534g/cm³

You can clearly see that Density of kerosene> Density of Lithium

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