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Chemistry: 5.4 Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals 105 Views
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We're not going to lie, this video's about alkali....and alkaline metals. Oh and spoiler alert: Those aren't styles of heavy metal. Sorry if we got you all amped up.
Transcript
- 00:04
Welcome to the Shady Hill Battle of the Bands!
- 00:08
Tonight we have two fierce competitors who are going to come out on stage and go all heavy metal on us.
- 00:14
And for the first time ever, both bands are family bands.
- 00:17
It doesn't sound very rock-n-roll, but it's awfully cute.
- 00:21
On this side of the stage we have the Alkali family.
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- 00:24
There's Lithium, Sodium, the older son Potassium...
- 00:28
...the younger son, Rubidium, the daughter, Cesium...
- 00:30
...and the family dog, Francium (who can really shred it on the guitar).
- 00:35
This family lives on the s-block of Shady Hill and they're ready to rumble.
- 00:40
All of the Alkalis are extremely reactive...
- 00:42
...so we don't recommend taunting, teasing, or dousing them with water.
- 00:46
Bad things can happen. We've seen it.
- 00:48
Well the Alkali's are famous for their hit single...
- 00:51
"We'll Kick the Noble Gases in Their Noble..."
- 00:55
This is a family show, so hopefully they won't play that one tonight.
- 00:59
Of course, they're probably just a little resentful of the Noble gases...
- 01:02
because they'd each need to lose an electron to become that stable.
- 01:07
Clearly no member of this family is currently stable.
- 01:11
Now to the other side of the stage!
- 01:13
Here we have the Alkaline family.
- 01:16
These guys are sort of a heavy-metal-folksy hybrid that they like to call Earth metal.
- 01:20
If Joni Mitchell and Axl Rose had babies, it would be the Alkaline family.
- 01:24
There's Beryllium, Magnesium, and their four girls...
- 01:27
...Calcium, Strontium, Barium, and Radium.
- 01:31
Um, that's a lot of "um."
- 01:34
The Alkalines are like a compound of metal and oxygen...sort of an Earth, Wind, & Fire thing.
- 01:39
(But, you know, without the fire.)
- 01:42
They used to call themselves the Oxides
- 01:44
But they kept getting booked alongside another band called the Ox Hides.
- 01:50
And there was a lot of confusion. So they've been sticking with the Alkalines.
- 01:54
They also live on the s-block, but are two electrons away from being stable.
- 01:58
So they're even more reactive than the Alkali's...
- 02:02
...not to mention harder and more dense.
- 02:07
Well this family is best known for their rock anthem...
- 02:09
"We're Found in the Earth's Crust."
- 02:12
It's a tune you could really hum in the shower.
- 02:15
Now that we've introduced you to the bands, it's time to see these guys rock out.
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