[time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video

Robert Atkinson robert.atkinson at genetix.com
Mon Oct 30 04:13:02 EST 2006


Hi,
I've not seen much of Braniac, but what I have seen was obviously faked
or at least enhanced for the camera. For example, for their version of
an exploding baked bean tin in an oven they used a microwave oven!
Obviously 2.4GHz microwaves will not penetrate a bean tin, so no boiling
and no steam explosion. They did have a large bang with lots of sparks
and bits of oven flying around. And after just a few seconds of cooking!

Robert G8RPI.

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp
Sent: 29 October 2006 19:18
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Rubidium & Cesium video

In message <4544FB5C.8080405 at garychatters.com>, Gary Chatters writes:

>>> For those of you who are both chemists and time nuts,
>>> here's an amazing video about rubidium and cesium...
>>>
>>> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2134266654801392897
>>
>> Very impressive. Though I read a story somewhere 
>> that they faked the results for dramatic effect,
>> for the cameras.
>
>Yep.  According to badscience.net they faked the cesium explosion.   If

>the rubidium was real it was definitely impressive.

See counter-demonstration here:

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

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