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Essay Galaxy - Rubidium
Rubidium
Rubidium is located between potassium and cesium in the first Group
on the Periodic Table. It's atomic number is 37and its atomic mass is
85.4678. In French and German it is rubidium, in Italian and Spanish it is
rubidio.
History and General Facts
Rubidium was discovered spectroscopically in1861 by Robert Bunsen
and Gustav Kirchhoff in Germany. They experimented with spectral lines of
light, now called spectroscopy. They noticed that, when heated or burned,
different elements produced distinctive colors of light when transmitted
through a prism. One element in the mineral lepidolite, when heated,
produced a distinct red line, this element they called rubidium from the
Latin word meaning, "deepest red."
* Where it is Found * Its Form * What it Looks Like *
Physical Properties
Rubidium is a fairly ....
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