On Dec 12, 2006, at 12:32 PM, Jinx wrote:

> dropping of alkali metals into water.

Hmm.  the site I mentioned earlier has a significant write-up on
the Brainiac "scandal", as well as explanations and video of actual
rubidium/cesium experiments:

    http://theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/AlkaliBangs/index.html

BillW
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