• Cesium (Cs) Metal Synonyms:

cesium metal, Cs, caesium, caesium 137, cesium metal ingot, cesium liquid, CAS# 7440-46-2

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Designations:

Chemical Name: Cesium

Chemical Formula: Cs

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Description:

a) The alkali metal, cesium, is silvery-white, soft and ductile. It has the lowest melting point of any alkali metal. Cesium reacts violently with water and due to its reaction with oxygen, should be stored in the absence of air.

b) Located in the lower left-hand corner of the periodic table, cesium is the most electropositive element and has the lowest ionization potential.

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Chemical Properties Available:

99.98%

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Physical Properties Available:

a) Solid ingot

b) It melts to a liquid at room temperature

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Physical Constants:

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Typical Applications:

a) A "getter" in electron tubes, photoelectric cells, ion propulsion systems and as a catalyst.

b) Also used in atomic clocks; Removes air traces in vacuum tubes; Ion propulsion systems; Medical photoelectric cells; Cesium vapor and Magnetometers

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Packaging Options:

Vacuum sealed in breakseal ampoules

• Cesium (Cs) Metal TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Listed. For further information please call the E.P.A. at +1.202.554.1404

• Cesium (Cs) Metal Chemical Abstract Service Number:

CAS# 7440-46-2

• Cesium (Cs) Metal UN Number:

1407