Probably sodium......it is usually stored in oil as it reacts violently to air and water. My mates and I were slightly peeved by the miniscule amount designated to us by our chemistry teacher, Sconny (a former alcoholic who used to distill meths to drink and once pissed himself in front of a whole class... but that's another story.) We broke into the lab store room and stole the entire container containing several small pieces and one HUGE chunk, which we fucked off the bridge in our town at the soonest available oppurtunity. The chunk whizzed around for a while in a most pleasing manner before annhialating itself in an explosion that most teenage boys only dream about. The cops are probably still wondering about that one...
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