Bill Pragnell wrote:

>> I recall Sodium as being yellow... (At least, unless you get it. The 
>> resulting surface is silver, but corrodes faster than a Landrover.)
> 
> It's stored under oil to stop it oxidising. And it's soft enough to cut 
> with a knife or scalpel, then you get the lovely shiny surface inside...

Yeah, I remember. But if you blink you'll miss the shiny bit...

> Have you seen the video of people dropping rubidium and caesium into 
> water? That won't be done in the classroom anytime soon.
> 
> 
> :)

Braniac did it.

Oddly, they couldn't get hold of any Francium...

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