Note that you are expected to know some of the key safety points for these reactions. These include: use of a plastic safety screen using small pieces of the metal using a large volume of water using ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The first section of this paper is an account of some experiments on the absorption of light in sodium vapour from the series limit at 2412 Å ...

When the alkali metals are cut, they initially appear shiny grey but quickly become dull and white as they react with oxygen in the air. This is known as tarnishing. Sodium tarnishes more quickly than ...

The golden metallic water layer on a sodium-potassium alloy drop. Courtesy: Phil Mason A metallic water solution has been observed in the laboratory for the first time thanks to a new method that ...

Researchers at AIST have created a method to introduce alkali metals into the graphene interlayers, working with researchers from Osaka University, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Kyushu University, and ...

These days talking about bombs will get you locked up or put on an NSA watch list. Back when I was in high school it could be a science fair project. These days you need a college degree to play with ...

It is generally known that most metals conduct electricity. This is because some of the electrons in a so-called conduction band move unhindered through the crystalline lattice. This type of ...

Researchers have created metallic water for the first time. Through a very careful experimental setup, the team grew a thin layer of a gold-colored metallic water on the outside of a droplet of liquid ...