CaesiumAtomic Number: 55
Atomic Weight: 132
Element Group: Alkali Metals
Phase at Room Temperature: Solid
Like my other cousins, the Alkali Metals, I am a violent, harsh and strange metal, and I'm not afraid to admit it, either!
I am the softest of all metals, but that doesn't mean I have a soft personality. Not only do I ignite when I come in contact with air, but I also vehemently explode when I'm tossed into a pool of water. This is because me and Oxygen (8) don't get along at all (he's the one that started it! I was minding my own business when...).
I'm also proud to say that I have the lowest melting and boiling point of any other metal (besides that wonky misfit of a metal, Mercury, that lives over in the Transition Metals). My beautiful yellow shiny color rivals that of Gold (79), and I am also relatively rare. Unfortunately my enemy Oxygen (8) dulls my hue.
So maybe some day I might reach my true potential when you humans start wearing Caesium jewelery - even though I would rather pursue a more violent career in bombs - and "room temperature" changes to allow me to be a miraculous metallic liquid.
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