Cesium metal exploding violently on contact with water in a brilliant white-hot flash

Cesium metal exploding violently on contact with water in a brilliant white-hot flash

A short silent video about Cesium (Cs), element 55, alkali metal. Cesium is the most electropositive stable element. Atomic clocks based on cesium are used to define the second.

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