zatojones - 2008-06-13
neat. now do sodium!
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Jefka - 2008-06-13 Fuck that, do lithium.
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halon - 2008-06-13 CESIUM OR GO HOME, FAGGOTS
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kelpfoot - 2008-06-14 Cesium is less impressive than sodium, it turns out.
Lithium's a good choice, though.
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halon - 2008-06-14 Who told you that?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNdijknRxfU
The alkali metals get more exciting as you go down the periodic table. Sodium doesn't do much other than slowly smolder unless it's finely powdered.
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kelpfoot - 2008-06-14 I learned it first-hand in high school, when some friends and I stole some alkali metal samples from a local community college. Cesium just sputters and sparks, but sodium burns steadily and then explodes.
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halon - 2008-06-14 Well, I won't say that you're lying, but I think you may be genuinely mistaken. Chemically, cesium is WAY more electropositive than other alkali metals, making it highly more reactive with oxygen. I can only guess that you probably didn't get an actual Cs sample; if you had, you probably would have detonated the vessel you submerged it in.
Fun cesium fact: its melting point is around 81 degrees Fahrenheit!
Here's another fun alkali metal reaction video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ft4E1eCUItI
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kelpfoot - 2008-06-16 My understanding is that sodium makes a better bang because the steady reaction produces a cloud of hydrogen gas. Cesium will also produce hydrogen, but the hydrogen will almost instantly ignite without getting a chance to accumulate.
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Cap'n Profan!ty - 2008-06-13
-1 star for the �berdork narrating the filming in the last 15 seconds
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Enjoy - 2008-06-13
"Ok guys let's get back to the LAN party."
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Xenocide - 2008-06-13
God gave us chemistry so we might go forth and do crazy shit to pools.
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Johnny Roastbeef - 2008-06-13
I would love to have seen that from under the water.
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timmeadows - 2008-06-13
Wearing sandals while carrying a huge, open bowl of liquid nitrogen right in front of your junk, always a good idea.
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Albuquerque Halsey - 2008-06-13 id like to amend this that wearing sandals is OK when handling LN in small amounts, but not in a laboratory/industrial setting. (duh)
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j lzrd / swift idiot - 2008-06-13 Fuck you Halsey, first chance I get, I'm gonna buy me some dry ice, cut it into bite-sized chunks, and SWALLOW THEM BITCHES!
I'll be breathing smoke till I die!
Anyway yeah, glad y'all liked the crazy "Pool Filled With..." video.
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Big Name Celebrity - 2008-06-16
Now if you can find a similar video with dumber dorks using dry ice, and then jumping in the pool, I'll 5-star it.
'Cuz I like snuff films.
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petep - 2008-11-05
i'm no scientist but i gotta say this looks spectacularly dangerous
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Caminante Nocturno - 2009-01-02
Someone threw Stripe into the pool.
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Hooper_X - 2009-03-20
Look at all those fucking dorks. Holy shit.
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