Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-03 Thread Brooke Clarke
d the Sulphur to make them work (about 270 deg C). Always sounded like a bad mixture to me. Robert G8RPI. --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Bob Camp wrote: From: Bob Camp Subject: Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'"

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-03 Thread Mike S
At 11:40 PM 3/2/2011, jimlux wrote... On 3/2/11 8:21 PM, Mike S wrote: At 08:43 AM 3/2/2011, jimlux wrote... You know, elements we love, Rb, Cs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk0lYB_8c0 Totally safe for work.. (my daughters turned me on to this video, they saw it in their 8th grade scie

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-03 Thread NeonJohn
On 03/03/2011 02:52 AM, Robert Atkinson wrote: > Hmm, Anyone else remember Sodium-Sulphur secondary batteries? they > were proposed for electric vehicles in the late 70's I rode on a > prototype at Chloride. You have to heat them up to melt both the > Sodium and the Sulphur to make them work (abo

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-03 Thread Irene Meyer
like a bad mixture to me. > ? > Robert G8RPI. > ? > > > --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Bob Camp wrote: > > > From: Bob Camp > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water > To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" > > D

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Robert Atkinson
re to me.   Robert G8RPI.   --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Bob Camp wrote: From: Bob Camp Subject: Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water To: "'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement'" Date: Wednesday, 2 March, 2011, 20:59 Hi I believe we were up to several tons o

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread jimlux
On 3/2/11 8:21 PM, Mike S wrote: At 08:43 AM 3/2/2011, jimlux wrote... You know, elements we love, Rb, Cs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk0lYB_8c0 Totally safe for work.. (my daughters turned me on to this video, they saw it in their 8th grade science class) When do we get to hear about

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Mike S
At 08:43 AM 3/2/2011, jimlux wrote... You know, elements we love, Rb, Cs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk0lYB_8c0 Totally safe for work.. (my daughters turned me on to this video, they saw it in their 8th grade science class) When do we get to hear about the latest Lady Gaga video, whic

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Bob Camp
(That always was seemed to be a risky thing to do..). Bob -Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Magnus Danielson Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:15 PM To: time-nuts@febo.com Subject: Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 03/02/2011 08:53 PM, Robert Atkinson wrote: Agreed, Braniac just do rigged explosions and special effects. Unfortunatly many take it as fact. It makes Mythbusters look lokr PhD research. I can drop a spare LPRO-101 into a bowl of water, but I don't think the result will be spectacular even

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Robert Atkinson
Agreed, Braniac just do rigged explosions and special effects. Unfortunatly many take it as fact. It makes Mythbusters look lokr PhD research.   Robert G8RPI. --- On Wed, 2/3/11, Robert Lutwak wrote: From: Robert Lutwak Subject: Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water To: "Discussi

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Bob Camp
ssion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water I have to say that youtoob has completely revitalized the teaching of chemistry (if only the teachers realize it). Videos just like that one have fascinated my offspring to the point I had to dig o

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Tony Finch
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Raj wrote: > I have personally seen the explosion when a chunk of sodium was dropped > into water. My senior who was the victim had to have his eyes washed out > and such.. Sodium's reaction with water is more explosive than the other alkali metals (except perhaps Potassium) b

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Raj
t;-- >From: "jimlux" >Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:43 AM >To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" >Subject: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water > >>You know, elements we love, Rb, Cs..

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Robert Lutwak
g just because you saw it on YouTube. -RL --- Robert Lutwak -- From: "jimlux" Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:43 AM To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" Subject: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread GandalfG8
In a message dated 02/03/2011 13:43:40 GMT Standard Time, jim...@earthlink.net writes: You know, elements we love, Rb, Cs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk0lYB_8c0 -- That was great:-), but what of the follow up? _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydx9uNSp5G0&NR=1_ (http

Re: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread Mark Kahrs
I have to say that youtoob has completely revitalized the teaching of chemistry (if only the teachers realize it). Videos just like that one have fascinated my offspring to the point I had to dig out my copy of the "Rare earth handbook". Chemistry has a whole new allure... Mention alkalai metal

[time-nuts] alkali metals and water

2011-03-02 Thread jimlux
You know, elements we love, Rb, Cs... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCk0lYB_8c0 Totally safe for work.. (my daughters turned me on to this video, they saw it in their 8th grade science class) ___ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsu