Francium (version 1) - Periodic Table of Videos

[uut0]

if i have something like plutonium which is radioactive and i bind that to something that isnt radioactive like oxgen or something. would the stuff that comes out of the reaction be radioactive as well?

[sgtpepper3161]

so since its so rare and so hard to get a hold of... are we never gonna see it actually expload? ... :,(

please prove me wrong youtube, i want to see that boom!

[boratsam]

francium does not occur in nature as very few radioactive elements do since upon creation the immeadatly start to dissintergrate

[culwin]

I got some Francium on Ebay

[xdominologyx]

no, you didnt. they is less than an ounce of it in the world, dummy

[Mikea0228]

@xdominologyx 20-30 grams :) (in the eaths crust)

[Mikea0228]

@culwin ... yer right

[zzeddiejoneszz]

thats only the radioactivity propities you would not loose any weight. asthe radioactivity is lost the element becoms more radioactivly stable

[heavymetlkiss]

thats one leet compound

[terminater92]

I heard that if you put one gram of francium in water, YOU'RE FUCKED because it would probably cause an explosion about 15 meters in diameter. The largest amount we could ever get is about 10,000 atoms of it and thats not enough for it to be visible. If there was a visible amount, it would be so radioactive that it could kill people from a distance.

[bmwsux4]

terminater92: samples of uraninite have been known to carry 100k's of francium at a time. It has however shown possibilities in cancer research, but has come off as impractical.

[cookiecamp]

is every proffesors office like that in uni

[bmwsux4]

cgrw1 - While I agree that the terrorists need to be killed; you must realize that francium is so reactive that it even reacts with just about everything, even the argon gas.

[Phacias]

Argon...? Come back to school you dimwitted.

[bmwsux4]

Phacias: Apparently your the one whos needs schooling. It will even react with the mineral oil its kept under.

It is never found a free occuring metal in nature. It will combine with just about anything or decay due to radioactivity.

[Phacias]

Fr is less reactive than Cs. Its reactivity is simmilar to Rb. Due to radioactivity every compound will be destroued very fast.

[timfuge]

i love him!

[Xeari245]

i also heard it was called francaesium :)

says my chem teacher lol

[horrabletypoe]

I think she's confused it with caesium.

[rharris2727]

thats correct !!! it l8a changed it name!!

[cgrw1]

idea- make francium, put in argon vial- put in bullet- shoot at terrorist camps- vial shatters- end of terrorists

[MecaDope]

how old are you?

[FiSHareFRiENDSnotFUD]

come on.

[Sebasfires]

francium is so hard to get, they say noone has ever had a visible amount of it

[gammaray0wn]

There is only about 30g in the earths crust at any one time. Also, only about 2-3g is made in labs each YEAR.

[UTo098]

i have seen a pic of some ones on a periodic table

[plutoniumdust]

Gimp. I wanted to see it react.

[qwAirGear]

I don't think they've ever had enough in one place to do that. If they had...ten to one somebody would react it with water as desired just for the resulting video and attention.

[brandonshiza]

true

[gammaray0wn]

i still think it would make a great assasins tool. put some francium inside a cod liver oil tablet with a protective coating then replace it with someones normal tablets. once it starts to disolve in their stomach they will EXPLODE.

[coolass222]

HELL YAH!

[vaultmantk]

sooooo, francium is the most unstable alkali element?

[NW0Zezima]

Yup

[Brew4me111]

francium is awsome, its highly unstable, throw pure francium in a swimming pool and get the hell outta there cause the explosion is gonna be huge!

[DuskY1991]

Did you ever try that? LOL

[Brew4me111]

no, francium is extremely rare and even rarer to find it in any pure form. i have played with cesium in a pool (which is the next 1 down in the alkali metals) and the explosion was pretty huge. i can just imagine that francium would be insane.

[DuskY1991]

I've seen the guys on Brainiac do that with Cesium. They wanted to do that with Francium but they couldn't get their hands on that. :P

I'd love to see something like it in real life though XD

[tsman29]

Actually just throw pure francium in humid air and the explosions gonna be huge too!

[EmpKazbar]

Well, the problem is, it would blow up once it either contacted A) The air, B) your hand, or C) Anything besides empty space long before it hit the water.

[deathdealer0902]

the francium would blow up as soon as it touched the air, you wouldn't even be able to get it in the pool without putting it in a dissolvable vile filled w/ argon--a noble element that wont react w/ the francium

have fun trying to track all that down

[Mekill60]

You'll always find something interesting in science.

[giantsquidrule]

Great video. However, it wasn't discovered by Madame Curie: it was discovered by Marguerite Perey, whose supervisor was Irene Joliot-Curie (Marie Curie's daughter).

[Lostfaith1980]

I always find these videos highly fascinating.

I really should have studied Chemistry or Physics at University rather than wasting my efforts on Japanese and failing miserably. I've never been any good at artistic subjects yet always had a natural talent for sciences.

I went to a local Borders book store to buy some Chemistry and Maths books but trying to find some for beginners (I've forgotten almost everything since leaving highschool) was impossible. Even on Amazon. Too vague descriptions.

[maggimagus]

gardening is always fun; watching things grow and watching the sky.

[Lostfaith1980]

I dont understand what that has to do with my comment.

Please explain?

[psyentist420]

they were, I'm sure, offering alternatives to science , language or art that you had mentioned. Though gardening is a mixture of science and art from what i can think of.

[hamsterpoop]

just apply logarithms...

[AlmightScoop]

Hi Lostfaith. If you want to learn chemistry seriously, you have to go to uni to do it. I've read a few good popular chemistry book though. I'd recommend Atkins Molecules by Peter Atkins. Each section is about a different compound and how it affects everyday life. I read it cover to cover twice. Another good one is Molecules on Exhibition. For maths, my favorites are 'why do busses come in threes' and 'how long is a piece of string'. Both amazing books for the intelligent layman.