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I learnt today that Group 1 metals are incredibly reactive (I knew that Potassium/Lithuium/Sodium were highly reactive, but I'd never actually looked for an association, or at least that I can remember). Caesium is the second-last current metal, and I saw a video showing a tiny piece being dropped in a large glass container full of water and causing a massive explosion. Francium must be so reactive that no-one would ever try exposing a large amount to water if they were sane and non-suicidal in theory (it's a component in uranium ore but alone it's only 'alive' for up to 22 minutes before decomposition in a pure form)
A quick scan shows that 118 elements have been discovered (If you're nit-picking you could say Ununseptium is only theoretical and there is doubt over Ununoctium, but I'm going to ignore that for purposes of discussion), and element 119 should be in Group 1 (unless I'm unaware of some complications). Considering caesium and francium, what will element 119 be like? Will it be unlike the series so far will predict, or will it be hugely powerful ?

Isn't that unobtanium? Or is it handwavium? Or baloneyium (no matter how you slice it, it's still there)?

I will end all of humanity.

St. Peter: "So, how'd you die?"

Me: "Some dude on the Internet told me to make some Element 119, and drop in in Lake Michigan. Very bad idea. Think... end of the world."

St. Peter: "Wow, you're a Dumbass."

Isn't that unobtanium? Or is it handwavium? Or baloneyium (no matter how you slice it, it's still there)?

Worst...Joke...EVAR!

I don't have a periodic table handy, but if it's in the same column as Potassium and Cesium, it's radioactive enough to have a really short halflife, but if exposed to moisture in normal air before it turns into it's daughter elements, it would burn violently and perhaps explode.

I don't have a periodic table handy, but if it's in the same column as Potassium and Cesium, it's radioactive enough to have a really short halflife, but if exposed to moisture in normal air before it turns into it's daughter elements, it would burn violently and perhaps explode.
I'd imagine since it potentially should be worse than caesium, if exposed to moisture in the air it probably would explode, and if it were in water in a large enough amount it could cause something akin to a nuclear explosion (Oo)

I'd imagine since it potentially should be worse than caesium, if exposed to moisture in the air it probably would explode, and if it were in water in a large enough amount it could cause something akin to a nuclear explosion (Oo)
Next we'll see terrorists with mass drivers attempting to split the electron..... :rolleyes:

Next we'll see terrorists with mass drivers attempting to split the electron..... :rolleyes:
I'd love to see someone try and do that :D
'Jihad through chemistry!' :P

I'd love to see someone try and do that :D
'Jihad through chemistry!' :P
Someone will petition the Qu'ran Council to add an additional 20 (?) names for Allah so the holy number can be 119... :p

The element of surprise!

The element of surprise!
We already have that though, it's element 527, and it's called "The Element of Surprise" because we never expected to discover it so early on! ;)

One of the more interesting features of modern chemistry is that chemists can now predict, with reasonable accuracy, the chemical properties of elements that do not yet exist, or that do exist but have such a short half-life that they don't really have time to react chemically with anything.

For example, I read somewhere (a while ago, so I don't remember the atomic number) that one of the high-numbered "artificial" elements with an extremely short half-life would probably be a liquid at room temperature, if it was actually possible to get enough of it together at one time to behave as a liquid.

:p

Isn't that unobtanium? Or is it handwavium? Or baloneyium (no matter how you slice it, it's still there)?
Or proposterum?

It will be green with a slight minty taste.

I'm the 119th element.

You can call me 'KickasstotheMaximus' or 'DoctorGoodLookingonious.'

My guess is it will behave as though it had 119 protons.

It is doubtfull it will be a stable element. Anything with a higher number than Uranium decays, most quite rapidly. Although it's suspected there may be an island of stability, I don't think it's expected to start at 119.
So you really don't have to worry about someone throwing it in water. I wouldn't give it a millisecond of live.