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..
At 02-03-2011, you wrote: >"Revolutionized education," perhaps. "Improved education," not so much. > >That video is a well-known hoax. >(http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/jul/22/badscience.uknews) > >It's only value, for a high school science class, would be to point out NOT to >believe something just because you saw it on YouTube. > >-RL >--- >Robert Lutwak > > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "jimlux" <jim...@earthlink.net> >Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:43 AM >To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" <time-nuts@febo.com> >Subject: [time-nuts] alkali metals and water > >>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) -- Raj, VU2ZAP Bangalore, India. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.