I like the cut of your jib, m'boy! It's in the name of Disarmament!

Fuck that, do lithium.

CESIUM OR GO HOME, FAGGOTS

Cesium is less impressive than sodium, it turns out.

Lithium's a good choice, though.

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.

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.

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

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.

It's funny, because he sounds a little like you cap'n

HOLY SHI-- HE HAS A POINT THERE PROFESSOR!

Sandals are good protocol for carrying liquefied gasses. Closed shoes can trap the LN against the skin, preventing your body heat from forming a layer of gas between the skin and liquid. (which acts as an insulator) Thus increasing the chance of frostbite.

id like to amend this that wearing sandals is OK when handling LN in small amounts, but not in a laboratory/industrial setting. (duh)

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.