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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”).
29 cze 2023 · Cesium is a chemical element with the atomic number 55 and is represented by the symbol ‘Cs’ in the periodic table. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal and belongs to the s-block of group 1 of the periodic table.
28 cze 2024 · Cesium is a highly reactive alkali metal, characterized by its readiness to lose its single valence electron. This behavior is evident in its chemical properties: Reactivity with Water: Cesium reacts explosively with water, even more vigorously than other alkali metals. This reaction produces cesium hydroxide (CsOH) and hydrogen gas.
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.
Cesium, from the Latin caesius, meaning heavenly blue, was named after the color of the most prominent line in its spectrum (= 455.5 nm). It can be identified qualitatively in a flame test from the pale violet light given off by the electronic transitions in the excited metal atoms.
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.
