Nice story
Although a kilogram? I'm not sure if it is even kept in those quantities. The risk, not to mention radiation would be too great, surely?
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 21 Mar 2011, 19:23, 2 replies)

from what I understand
it was a few containers of the stuff, diligently pinched from several lab stores... I'm guessing kilogram was an exaggeration (certainly on my part if not his). I really hope it was the non-radioactive kind but I wouldn't be surprised if that oversight explains why he didn't do so well in that class! Have to admit I don't know a lot about it, I figured it's best not to question someone with a history of disruptive behaviour and a ready supply of volatile substances :)
(Lady Spandex, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 19:53, closed)

It's not likely they'd keep more than a few grams of it in one place at a time.
The metal is not as useful as its rather less dangerous salts.

And as for radiation, the major isotope (¹³³Cs) is not radioactive. The main radioactive isotope (¹³⁷Cs) is only found in nuclear waste.
( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 20:19, closed)

Oh, and if you want to transport more than 100g of the metal at a time it has to go in a sealed steel container.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 20:26, closed)

Ah, ok
I never delved that far into it. So far as I think, if an element's name ends in "-um" then its radioactive, i.e. polonium, radium, uranium etc.

Well, apart from aluminium. I'm not that daft.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 21 Mar 2011, 22:15, closed)

And, y'know, just about all the other metals in the periodic table.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 22:20, closed)

Oh
My mnenomics need work, apparently.
( jim_bob can herd cats., Mon 21 Mar 2011, 22:23, closed)

You should try 100ug tablets of mnemonium.

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Mon 21 Mar 2011, 23:17, closed)