Definition of caesium. Meaning of caesium. Synonyms of caesium

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Definition of caesium

Caesium
Caesium C[ae]"si*um, n. [NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.

Meaning of caesium from wikipedia

- Caesium (IUPAC spelling; cesium in American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali...
- Caesium (55Cs) has 41 known isotopes, the atomic m****es of these isotopes range from 112 to 152. Only one isotope, 133Cs, is stable. The longest-lived...
- Caesium-137 (137 55Cs ), cesium-137 (US), or radiocaesium, is a radioactive isotope of caesium that is formed as one of the more common fission products...
- The caesium standard is a primary frequency standard in which the photon absorption by transitions between the two hyperfine ground states of caesium-133...
- 22 minutes. It is the second-most electropositive element, behind only caesium, and is the second rarest naturally occurring element (after astatine)...
- fixed numerical value of the caesium frequency, ΔνCs, the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium 133 atom, to be 9192631770...
- Caesium chloride or cesium chloride is the inorganic compound with the formula CsCl. This colorless salt is an important source of caesium ions in a variety...
- chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), pot****ium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with hydrogen they constitute group 1...
- the caesium frequency, Δ ν Cs {\displaystyle \Delta \nu _{\text{Cs}}} , the unperturbed ground-state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133...
- Caesium iodide or cesium iodide (chemical formula CsI) is the ionic compound of caesium and iodine. It is often used as the input phosphor of an X-ray...