Part one of term paper
Cesium was discovered in 1860 by R. Bunsen using the process of spectroanalysis ( spectroanalysis is the chemical analysis of a mixture of substances or of a complex substance by study of a spectra). Cesium is the heaviest of all alkali metals because of it’s atomic weight. Cesium’s description, however, seemingly contradicts this statem ...

Part two of term paper
... trace amounts of isolatable Cesium compounds. Once the knowledge of Cesium compounds was discovered, the study of it’s chemical properties was initiated. Perhaps the most dynamic chemical reaction of Cesium occurs when it is exposed to oxygen. This exposure causes oxides to form, where even the heat from oxidation is enough to melt and ignite this metal. Another major reaction of Cesium occurs with water and ice. Ice with a temperature as low as -177 degrees Fahrenheit can trigger a vigorous r ...