Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
Hi guys, here is an interesting factoid: I am in China at the moment, and the Video Playback Google feature is disabled for the entire Country. We can't view the clip over here. bye, Said ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
Hi, I've not seen much of Braniac, but what I have seen was obviously faked or at least enhanced for the camera. For example, for their version of an exploding baked bean tin in an oven they used a microwave oven! Obviously 2.4GHz microwaves will not penetrate a bean tin, so no boiling and no steam explosion. They did have a large bang with lots of sparks and bits of oven flying around. And after just a few seconds of cooking! Robert G8RPI. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp Sent: 29 October 2006 19:18 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gary Chatters writes: >>> For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, >>> here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... >>> >>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 >> >> Very impressive. Though I read a story somewhere >> that they faked the results for dramatic effect, >> for the cameras. > >Yep. According to badscience.net they faked the cesium explosion. If >the rubidium was real it was definitely impressive. See counter-demonstration here: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/AlkaliBangs/index.html -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gary Chatters writes: >>> For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, >>> here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... >>> >>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 >> >> Very impressive. Though I read a story somewhere >> that they faked the results for dramatic effect, >> for the cameras. > >Yep. According to badscience.net they faked the cesium explosion. If >the rubidium was real it was definitely impressive. See counter-demonstration here: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/AlkaliBangs/index.html -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
Rasputin Novgorod wrote: > --- Tom Van Baak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, >> here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... >> >> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 >> >> > > Very impressive. Though I read a story somewhere > that they faked the results for dramatic effect, > for the cameras. > Yep. According to badscience.net they faked the cesium explosion. If the rubidium was real it was definitely impressive. ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
One word: Cool!! John Tom Van Baak said the following on 10/29/2006 01:18 AM: > For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, > here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 > > Do any of the UK readers know the background to this? > > /tvb > > > ___ > time-nuts mailing list > time-nuts@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
--- Tom Van Baak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, > here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 > Very impressive. Though I read a story somewhere that they faked the results for dramatic effect, for the cameras. /b Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited) ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
From: "Rob Kimberley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 07:59:04 - Message-ID: > Harmless when you use the right isotope!! Not entierly. You end up with quite strong base which can cause you severe burns. Toss a piece of Caesium in water and you can etch glas with it. Anyway, you probably want to neutrilize it. In UK will probably heavy showers of acid rain clean things up fairly quickly. :P I still want to know where you can get it. :-) Cheers, Magnus ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
Harmless when you use the right isotope!! Rob K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Forbes Sent: 29 October 2006 07:14 To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video At 11:18 PM -0700 10/28/06, Tom Van Baak wrote: >For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, here's an amazing >video about rubidium and cesium... > >http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 > >Do any of the UK readers know the background to this? > >/tvb Marvelous video! But it's perfectly harmless in a clock, right? Right? -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
Forgot to mention that "Brainiacs" was a fun science programme for kids that went out a couple of years back in the UK. Rob K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: 29 October 2006 06:19 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 Do any of the UK readers know the background to this? /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
Hadn't seen this before. Great stuff!! Presenter is Richard Hammond affectionately known by associates as "The Hamster" because of his diminutive size. Just out of hospital after crashing a jet powered car at 300+ MPH while filming BBC TV's Top Gear (compulsive viewing and hugely popular programme for car enthusiast). As you say across the pond.. One crazy dude!! Rob Kimberley -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Van Baak Sent: 29 October 2006 06:19 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 Do any of the UK readers know the background to this? /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
At 11:18 PM -0700 10/28/06, Tom Van Baak wrote: >For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, >here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... > >http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 > >Do any of the UK readers know the background to this? > >/tvb Marvelous video! But it's perfectly harmless in a clock, right? Right? -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
[time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video
For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts, here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897 Do any of the UK readers know the background to this? /tvb ___ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
