Cesium Metal

[UkrainianDragon1993]

What the hell are you building o.o

[willgreat4]

thats a lot of explosives!

[trinarystarsystem]

damn. i want a cylinder full of fucking cesium.

[DANGJOS]

THROW IT IN SOME WATER!!!

[hman1950]

It is not expensive, look in Chemical supply catalogs. You can get it cheap. Not as the pure metal but that is not really a problem. Also, did you know it has a sharp, strong peak with an IC?

[akashashen]

We's must have the Precious!

[davewozere2k9]

i thought cesium was really expensive?

[Cessie983]

1:14 *waiting for him to get a hamer and smash it*

[killkarma361]

where do you buy this element, do you need a liscence or something

[rollcd111]

can i buy some from you?? :DD you have alot

[kdc43]

@givitallawy ???????????????????????

[omnicon727]

Why didnt you toss some into a pond for us???????

[kdc43]

I don't know anything about cesium except it is used as a oscillator timer in the atomic clock used by the USA's Official Timekeeper.

[Downarrow2]

omg it's so beautiful:)

[lunaticvulpine]

I know I have problems because of that old science show, but still it's pretty cool to see it rolling around in the ampoule like that, I only half way wish that one of the smaller amps was thrown in some water, albeit I know it would never explode like the stuff on the other show.

[soulseeker3194]

put in in a bath tub of water to see a blast !!!!!!!

[22Arkantos]

That is a frightening amount of Cesium. Please do not mix with water.

[scrumhalf621]

what if i ran in there with a hammer and a bucket of water??

[givitallawy]

this guy is legit, he is in a lab coat.

[kdc43]

@givitallawy SO??? I'm an idiot and I can get and wear a lab coat and that doesn't qualify me to handle cesium, uranium or plutonium, etc.

[Peglegkickboxer]

That is literally thousands of dollars worth of cesium in that box...

[SuperACDCfan4ever]

I'll give you 5 buck for the small container

[BlackZodMaster]

PUT IT IN WATER! PUT IT IN WATER!!!!!!

[shmellhole123]

how many ampules do you have?

[thekamalwhf]

take it out of the glass

[eggbertsmith]

AND????????

This might very well be the least informative video relating to this metal which exists.

[1982joelo]

I want moarrrr!!!!

[patrickUchiha104]

WHAT DO THE TOP COMMENTS MEAN?!?!

[GTHaroFITBMX]

u break ur f@cked.

[lordruku524]

where would one be able to buy one of these bad boys >:)

[LordInstigator]

dare you to chuck the box off a bridge =P

[breebreeskullderlife]

can i have one?

[moleman1961]

So what is it for? What do you do with it?

[pyrocrazzy]

all that cesium makes my mouth water--better keep it out of there

[smartelements]

The Cesium isotope we use is Cs133 and is not radioactive! Otherwise it would melt the glass and evaporate and I would die immediately.

[xXDEICIDE216Xx]

@smartelements I was curious. Do you work in a lab?

[fuckyeah009]

@smartelements How do they collect radioactive Cesium when found if it is so violent? Just curious.

[fuckyeah009]

@smartelements How do they collect radioactive Cesium when found if it is so violent? Just curious.

[fuckyeah009]

@smartelements How do they collect radioactive Cesium if it is so violent? just curious

[OneSkiWonder]

@smartelements I thought death by radiation poisoning took a while and wasn't instant?

[sozthatusernameistkn]

Just curious does Cesium still decay whilst in the glass tube?

Also fun fact Cesium is used for the Accuracy of what we know as a second :)

[narcoti]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT, I hope you are no where close to where I live.

[LeanardoDaVinci711]

what would happen if i were to toss it from the roof of a 1 story house then jump after it?

[GregoMorgan]

@LeanardoDaVinci711 not much...

[lollol336]

What the fuck is your profession?

[Insignia96]

@lollol336 I'd like to know as well!

[matiss234]

Does it reacts with O2 ?

[billygotgrove]

Can I have some? We can barter a bit right?

[TeethKnifeKwikAttack]

Is cesium related to mercury?

What is it used for?

[YouHadTheMoth]

@TeethKnifeKwikAttack

Cesium and mercury are related in only that they are metals. Mercury is a transition metal and cesium an alkali metal so the similarities end there unfortunately. As for the uses of cesium personally I have no idea my specialism is the transition metals and metalloids.

[chunky1x]

How the hell did they put it inside a seal glass tube?

[Verradonairun]

@chunky1x they put it inside an open tube, THEN sealed it. :) how? they melted the glas at the end using a gas torch. :)

[chunky1x]

@Verradonairun But Cesium reacts to heat violently.

[Verradonairun]

@chunky1x the tube doesn't really transfer heat, so if the torch doesn't touch the metal, it won't 'feel' the heat.

[PhysicsManual]

@chunky1x actually Cesium reacts to water violently... heat melts the substance but it wont react unless it comes into contact with water. Also the glass tube will transfere heat quite well... glass is often used to contain samples being heated.

[xCelsius451x]

looks boss



[greatwhitenorth112]

theirs no way you purchased all that

[MrFattyfatfatboy]

holy cesium bullets

[me835]

so... many... ampules...



[Dan0622]

Here's hoping your house doesn't flood...

[0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n]

@smartelements sure, sorry, didn't mean to offend you...talking of which, where are u from originally?

[smartelements]

@0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n No problem. Constructive critics are always welcome. I am German but I live in Austria

[0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n]

@smartelements ah nice

[Graypigs29]

Very nice collection of metals. I can never find cesium tho. I have a small amount of mercury but quite a bit of gallium. Still looking for cesium too!

[0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n]

er...not to be "that guy..." but it's an "alkali metal," not an "alkaline metal." the alkaline earth metals are another group across the table and are less violent.

[smartelements]

@0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n Thats correct. Since English is not my mother language, when editing the movie I used the adjective alkaline instead of the noun alkali. But its hard to change it afterwards. Thanks for the hint.

[aopdjasldksa]

@smartelements You can fix mistakes by adding a caption over the text. It's those little red/white text boxes that pop up on some videos. :)

[ant0tr0n]

@0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n not to be "that guy" but the Alkaline Earth metals are necessarily across the table from the alkali metals, they are actually one group over.

[0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n]

@ant0tr0n not to be "that guy" but you just proved my point...no matter how few groups over they are it means they're in a different group and therefore possess different properties

[ant0tr0n]

@0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n im just assisting you on where the groups and elments are located, i wasnt trying to prove your main point wrong, i was just correcting a little detail you had, because it was incorrect.

[0RPH3U5the666r3ml1n]

@ant0tr0n thanks, but it's a question of semantics. I meant "across the table" as "any other group," because all other groups are across the table from the alkali metals

[hunterboyvids]

You have a lot of ceasium,no wonder why its exspensive. Cool though.

[kimsmells1]

Can you blow some up please? lol

[Kavion123]

i would love to take one of these tubes to the power wash.

[Kavion123]

lucky u

[minec123]

How much could you sell all the Cs in that box for?

[HomeChemistJohn]

I must stop watching this, I am too envious... : )



[drakelowc]

Very nice indeed! A 1g ampoule of Cs cost me over £100/$180, one of those would be incredible but I wouldnt get insurance!!

[mapleworld777]

now drink that and see what happens

[iruleyouall1]

now throw it in some water...

[a3axon]

emergency personal cesium collection?

[jwhall97]

you should throw some of that in water, and make the youtube video of the year

[StuziCamis]

now add water ps francium decomposes almost immediately so ;(

[EpziWasHere]

... WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MUCH?!!!

[macvegard]

wooow that is beautiful!! i'm sooo yealous!! i have a few other elements, like high purity silicon, Na, K , Ca, Mg, Br, white phosporous, Hg, and some other more common ones, but i think it would be almost impossible for me to get the more exotic ones, like caesium,and rubidium, which is way up om my whishes list, -because of money, and i can't order anything from other countries right now, and in this country it is almost impossible to get it, and it cost twice the price. but i am going to try

[tuigopfiets]

oh i know this we had this 3 years ago at school :P

[endimion17]

This stock is VERY expensive. :O

But I'm not happy how it's stored. Glass ampoules containing such reactive materials should be in a big piece of styrofoam or sponge with holes. They shouldn't touch one another. If someone kicks this, or it gets knocked somehow, the glass might break easily, and there would be fire and molten, hot caesium. Other ampoules would burst and release more fuel.

[smartelements]

@endimion17

You are right.

But actually this container is storaged together with another container with Rubidium ampoules in a separate and locked safe so this situation you described is very unlikely to happen. The problem with foam is that you hardly see what is inside and I had two accidents with foam packed ampoules when unwrapping so I decided to store them this way. In case that there is a breakage there is not enough oxygen inside the box to support burning.

[endimion17]

@smartelements If that poses a problem, a layer of cotton would help. You never know with caesium.

It's not just that a disaster might occur, there's also the extreme cost. I suppose this is analytical grade. Each ampoule is well above $1000, am I right?

[smartelements]

@endimion17 That is true. The purity is at least 99.999% - The value is extremely high, even higher for Rubidium. I will try with cotton as you suggested. Thanks for the tip.

[endimion17]

@smartelements You're welcome. That will be one ampoule of caesium.

:D

[smartelements]

@endimion17 Anytime, but just for a few minutes :-)

[smartelements]

@endimion17 Anytime, but just for a few minutes :-)

[LvisFernando]

the most reactive is Francium

[vitorix24]

OMFG WTF!

[xxdeadxxsnipesx]

that is hundreds of thousands of dollers worth in cesium

[smartelements]

@AndrewM6429

just visit our website...

[QuantumOverlord]

@smartelements I thought you were gonna put it in water :(

[drewnickel]

how big of an explosion would occur from throwing that big ampule into water

[Ormaaj]

@drewnickel My uneducated observation based upon youtube videos is that there isn't much difference in the actual reaction you get between cesium and other alkaline metals. Seems like less reactive = bigger boom. Cesium just reacts really fast and blows itself out of the water, or the water away from it faster than a lot of hydrogen can accumulate.

[drewnickel]

@Ormaaj pretty much, they produce the same ammount of hydrogen, it's just that cesium heats up so fast when it hits water, and releases hydrogen faster, so instead of burning it explodes.

[alexc475]

@drewnickel Like a hand grenade

[comradebashu]

@drewnickel none if it didn't shatter....

[RHVids100]

@drewnickel over a few kilojoules I believe.

[Inposimpible]

@drewnickel It would delete your standart bathtub from the grid

[mgregggphone]

@drewnickel significant. Check out other videos of people throwing this stuff in water,

[drewnickel]

@mgregggphone I know, but none of them threw a chunk that big into water. That would be insane to see. but you'd need a swimming pool to do it in as a small container will break and likely wont contain the bits that fly out (a pool would make sure all of it went off)

[petoknm]

how much does the largest ampule cost? and how much caesium is there?(g)

[drewnickel]

@petoknm you can get a 2 kilogram ampule for around $22,000

[Bluetorchproductions]

thats got to be a couple of grand's worth of Cesium there

[vmelkon]

would it not break the glass on heating?

[petoknm]

How much does it cost?

[redneckfirefighter19]

ok you say cesium is the most reactive of the alkaline metals that statement is false you forgot the last of the group out which is a radioactive metal and is the most reactive and that is francium

[smartelements]

@redneckfirefighter19 You are right. But there is not enough Fr on the earth to make a visible sample.

[Anarchy17SB]

@smartelements Nevertheless, in the way your statement was phrased, it was incorrect.

[ZuKahta]

@smartelements where is all the francium?

[KnexGod03]

@redneckfirefighter19 you are wrong. there are theoretical elements that are also in group 1, look up the extended periodic table.

[joey6978Gmail]

@redneckfirefighter19 its alkali not alkaline

[vitorix24]

OMFG

[crankflip94]

That is a huge collection of cesium! How much is all that worth?

[glenwoofit]

A Beautiful Element, I'm hoping to purchase some of that soon, As long as you sell to the UK?

[tylerwalker2]

how much is it for the smallest ampule there becuz i herd its like 600$ for like a gram or 10grams or something

[ballonman124]

Can i buy some from you?

[Frresh123]

shit ! how much kg are that ?

[192asso]

Where have you founded your cesium metal?What kind of job do you do?

[psyfertech]

just imagine if there was an earth quake or if something hit that box and broke one of those

u better be prepared for a fire

[smartelements]

@psyfertech Not at all. As you see the Cesium is stored in a metal container which is closed all the time. Even if all ampoules break nothing happens because Cesium needs lots of Oxygen to burn. If there is no oxygen there is no reaction...

[smartelements]

@psyfertech Not at all. It is stored in a closed metal container. No oxygen, no reaction...

[spotlightman1234]

@smartelements but when you opened the container...

[Ormaaj]

@smartelements As I recall if the reaction is at all similar to the other alkaline metals the "explosive" bit is the hydrogen byproduct of the reaction with water vapor plus being exothermic. I suppose that building up in an enclosed space with air could be a dangerous situation in the unlikely event someone is being careless with that awesome cesium collection.

Looks like a decent %age of the world's cesium supply right there. :)

What's it being used for? Research? Industrial purposes?

[smartelements]

@Ormaaj I have several cracked ampoules stored in a separate air-tight container. There is no problem at all. The cesium reacts slowly by consuming all the oxygen, nitrogen and humidity inside the container until the reaction stops. Without the presence of oxygen inside the box the hydrogen can not explode.

To make Cesium react with air like shown in the video you have to destroy an ampoule with liquid Cesium completely. A partially broken ampoule does not react that way.

[Ormaaj]

@smartelements Ah thanks for the info.

[HawtGlass]

Wow its beautiful

[JUNIORMICH]

whats this thing used for??

[ZFlush]

Man if one of those pods of cesium broke....10 sticks of dynomite? Your house is gone...

[smartelements]

It is not so extreme as you think. Cesium does not explode at all. It just burns very fast if there is enough oxygen. In a closed container it is quite safe.

[ZFlush]

oh, i saw i video of it exploding when the glass container was broken

[smartelements]

Yes, this can happen if thrown into a beaker filled with water. But this also happens with potassium. In air there is not such reaction only burning.

[TheDrkKnght1988]

What a beautiful shiny cesium metal. but, it's extremely reactive to water and exposre to air. One of the alkali beasties.

[smartelements]

What do you mean with that? I have certificates showing its purity. You can not see this just by estimating the color. Believe me I know how Cs has to look like.

It forms nice crystals after cooling slowly from liquid phase.

[UAEchemist]

too bad it isn't crystalline or it would of been great.

[UAEchemist]

Nice,but it doesn't seem to have the highest purity of 99.999% does it ?