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Caesium (IUPAC spelling; [9] also spelled cesium in American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal with a melting point of 28.5 °C (83.3 °F; 301.6 K), which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature.
9 paź 2024 · cesium (Cs), chemical element of Group 1 (also called Group Ia) of the periodic table, the alkali metal group, and the first element to be discovered spectroscopically (1860), by German scientists Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff, who named it for the unique blue lines of its spectrum (Latin caesius, “sky-blue”).
Caesium gets its name from the Greek for heavenly blue. Not for its eyes (it's only an element!) but less romantically for the appearance of its emission spectrum in the spectroscope. Caesium was discovered in 1860 by Robert Bunsen (he of the burner fame) and physicist Gustav Kirchhoff.
Overview. Cesium is a member of the alkali family, which consists of elements in Group 1 (IA) of the periodic table. The periodic table is a chart that shows how chemical elements are related to each other. The alkalis include lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, and francium. Cesium is considered the most active metal.
Cesium readily combines with oxygen and is used as a getter, a material that combines with and removes trace gases from vacuum tubes. Cesium is also used in atomic clocks, in photoelectric cells and as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of certain organic compounds.
Cesium (pronounced as SEE-zee-em), sometimes spelled as caesium, is a highly reactive metal when exposed to air and water. Denoted by the chemical symbol Cs, it belongs to the family of alkali metals [1].
24 maj 2022 · Cesium or caesium is a shiny, pale gold metal with element symbol Cs and atomic number 55. Cesium is the softest metal that is a solid at room temperature. It becomes a liquid element at 28.5 °C or 83.3 °F. Like gallium, it is a metal you can melt in the palm of your hand (but please don’t).
