Caesium or Cesium - Periodic Table of Videos

Here it is - five grams of caesium in water... But did you know caesium (aka cesium) is also used to define the length of a second?

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• caesium
• cesium

[meNiMONSTERs]

fancy erection, nice neil

[MrDSM72]

why that is Einstein jr!

[khajiit92]

i thought mercury was the only metal that was liquid at normal temps?

[theeverydaysuperman]

brits you gotta love em

[Veradrix90]

I want that clock!!!

[pumitaproductions]

THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THE CHEMISTRY AT THE END

I was thinking about it, when the guy said "Cesium loses its electron and becomes Cesium +" I was wondering what exactly happens to the water, and whether H+ and/or OH- become present... I couldnt figure it out, and then you explained it :) Awesome

[ShiebMo]

I want that clock

[MediumNothinFull]

4:20 uhuhuhuhuhuh

[AudioJustG]

Okay, I'm so immature, but "Neil's device - a very very fancy erection." made me laugh.

[oomblikkies]

I did a rough calculation and it seems to me that 5 gram caesium will produce only about 1.7 liters of hydrogen (at normal pressure and temperature). This might explain the smallish explosion.