The alkali metals are a group of six very useful elements--lithuim, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium. In fact,you could not live without the elements of sodium and potassium. Your body needs them to function correctly. The alkali metals found in the far left-hand side of the periodic table. The periodic table of elements is a chart that chemist use to organize all of the known chemical elements. This book will help with the understanding of the Elements of the Table. By Kristi Lew. Hardcover. 2010 by The Rosen Publishing Group