cesium in water = EXPLOSION

[111tato]

I gotta steal this from my chemistry lab

[musicaljustintime]

i don't know why, but this is just hilarious HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Inposimpible]

I have my doubth this is Cesium or Rubidium

Alkali metals are kept in a vacuum or protective atmospere

because both Cesium and Rubidium autoignite on air

I think it could be Porhasium

Who need a prove look up "Braniacs Alkali metals "

[blackhawkfly9]

keep pressing 1

[sweBOMBcompany]

i watch this 100 times and still laugh

[PowellRiverJackasses]

fake

[randomsheepable]

@PowellRiverJackasses how coud that be fake?

[pieznice29]

@PowellRiverJackasses

Claiming something is fake without providing any form of evidence or proof is meaningless and a waste of time.

[randomsmartasian15]

@PowellRiverJackasses Yes, how could this possible be fake?

[JumbledFilms]

I want to get a big block of cesium, carve it to look like a hand grenade, and toss it in a bathtub or a pool or something

[MOEFRACKEY69]

careful lol

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[CarnalDiafragma]

I would like to see Cs burning in chloine gas

[AyeTheLads]

Love the guy in the background whistling to his own experiment.

[soldoutrules]

it would be cool to coat some caesium in a salt, then throw it into some water. Once the salt dissolves, the caesium would suddenly explode which would be cool

[AugustinusSextus]

@soldoutrules how do you exactly coat caesium with salt ?

[soldoutrules]

@AugustinusSextus Using brine I imagine

[AugustinusSextus]

@soldoutrules the caesium will react with the water, brine is simply water saturated with salt

[soldoutrules]

@AugustinusSextus Oh yes, that was very silly of me to suggest that. Perhaps a supersaturated organic solvent

[psycopyro001]

try it in acid?

[alexzhang101]

@psycopyro001 would've been a bigger explosion, and too dangerous... but if u wanna c the size of the explosion would've been much entertaining haha...

[psycopyro001]

@alexzhang101 Thats kinda the point?

[jakerzz1]

that was intence...

[bdriz16]

So can any chemist here describe to me what's going on with the metal and the water? Besides the obvious violent reaction.

[KilgothMirna]

The Cesium loses an electron from its outer (valence) shell which then deoxidizes one of the Protons in Water to Hydrogen atoms, of which two combine to a hydrogen molecule. Since the reaction is very exothermic, the hydrogen is then inflamed and burns to water with air oxygen, which in itself is another very exothermic reaction. Due to the heat and very fast formation of gas you get a violent explosion.

[bdriz16]

@KilgothMirna

Great answer. Thanks!

[simon726]

one word to sum this up - yikes.

[LT1ninjamonkey]

lol..my science teacher showed us this everbody was all like...ZOMG!!!

[CmdrTobs]

I am not doubting your belief but are you sure cause Cs is very expensive, Schools in my knowledge don't really go past potassium which to be honest is dramatic enough.

[FrWe92]

lol