Answer
This statement is true.
Work Step by Step
Cesium does not want to gain another electron. It wants to lose an electron, and it is very hard for it to gain them. It is at the bottom of its group.
Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)
by Brown, Theodore E.; LeMay, H. Eugene; Bursten, Bruce E.; Murphy, Catherine; Woodward, Patrick; Stoltzfus, Matthew E.
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0321910419
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-041-7
Chapter 8 - Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding - Exercises - Page 335: 8.37e
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