Wow, that would be pretty violent!
Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Sun 9 May 2004, 6:24,
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it isif you went one more down the row, to radium I think, it'd be both violent and radioactive :)
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kitty meow meow,
Sun 9 May 2004, 6:26,
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I thought cesium was radioactiveDidn't they use it in the atomic clocks?
( Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Sun 9 May 2004, 6:31,
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they dobut it isn't radioactive
the official definition of a second is a certain number of vibrations of a cesium atom when held at a certain temperature, so they just measure that. Atomic doesn't necessarily mean radioactive :)
(the official definition of a second is a certain number of vibrations of a cesium atom when held at a certain temperature, so they just measure that. Atomic doesn't necessarily mean radioactive :)
kitty meow meow,
Sun 9 May 2004, 6:32,
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You're right, of course Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5],
Sun 9 May 2004, 6:34,
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I haven't watched these yetbut these should be interesting, probably from the same video I saw in chemistry class
www.bgsu.edu/departments/chem/faculty/jtodd/chem100/sp2003/supp/pt.htm
no, it isn't. how disappointing
(www.bgsu.edu/departments/chem/faculty/jtodd/chem100/sp2003/supp/pt.htm
no, it isn't. how disappointing
kitty meow meow,
Sun 9 May 2004, 6:39,
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