Chris wrote:
"Haven't seen the 'schools' movie. Would it be anything
like Theodore Gray's sodium party"
http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/?
A bit like that, yes - that page is fantastic. For those who've not seen
his
webpage, he's the chap who's actually made a periodic 'table' with (where
possible) an example of each element in a box under each element's
name. http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/History.html
>>'Schools' movie<<
The programme would have been from the 1980s and showed a
glass bowl and someone dropping a small amount of each metal
in. It's a long time since I saw it but I think lithium skittered across
the surface, sodium popped and fizzed and rubidium exploded the
glass bowl.
These sorts of programmes were nicely parodied in the "Look Around
You" series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/
Jo
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