Scientists know that rubidium stimulates the metabolism. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
In general, rubidium is used mostly in laboratory studies. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
However, it is not known whether rubidium is beneficial to health. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
The successful experiments using rubidium atoms were reported in 1995. From Wordnik.com. [The Nobel Prize in Physics 2001 - Presentation Speech] Reference
A small number of American companies process rubidium ore (lepidolite). From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
Like the other alkali metals, rubidium reacts violently with air and water. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
It is known that the United States imports 100% of the rubidium it consumes. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
It is believed that Canada is the most important supplier of rubidium ore to the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
Most rubidium is retrieved from the minerals lepidolite (a mica mineral) and pollucite. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
It is the 16th most abundant element in the Earth's crust (making rubidium a pretty common element). From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
As a joke, Jerry places a piece of cheese in the accelerator's target area instead of a bit of rubidium. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Star Smashers Of The Galaxy Rangers by Harry Harrison] Reference
The platino-chlorides are reduced by hydrogen, and the caesium and rubidium chlorides extracted by water. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
The fragments were new elements, barium, xenon, rubidium-depending on the portions in which each atom split. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
In order to separate caesium from rubidium, use is made of the different solubilities of their various salts. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Later, we also grew crystals of potassium and rubidium benzyl-penicillin, hoping again for isomorphous series. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture The X-Ray Analysis Of Complicated Molecules] Reference
Kirchoff and Bunsen discovered two alkali metals (1860), cesium and rubidium, with the aid of the spectroscope. From Wordnik.com. [Kirchhoff, Gustav Robert] Reference
Cesium clocks, rubidium clocks and even the occasional hydrogen maser can be had for less than a decent laptop. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Time Hackers Play With Atomic Clocks at Home] Reference
rubidium and cæsium were discovered in this way, rubidium having bright red lines and cæsium a very intense blue line. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
It led Bunsen himself almost immediately to the isolation of two new elements of the alkali group, caesium and rubidium. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
This residue consists of sodium, potassium and lithium chlorides, with small quantities of caesium and rubidium chlorides. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
In addition, rubidium and rubidium compounds are as effective as cesium and can be used in place of cesium and its compounds. From Wordnik.com. [Cesium] Reference
The rubidium frequency standard is still the least expensive, smallest and most widely used commercial atomic frequency standard. From Wordnik.com. [Hans G. Dehmelt - Autobiography] Reference
According to the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) there is no accurate information about rubidium resources around the world. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
Because it is impossible to separate this isotope from non-radioactive rubidium, nearly all processed rubidium is slightly radioactive. From Wordnik.com. [Rubidium] Reference
The "lithium spike" re-appears in potassium and rubidium. From Wordnik.com. [Occult Chemistry Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements] Reference
Many dating methods work similarly to the rubidium-strontium method. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to Believe -] Reference
Figure 3 presents an important concept used in rubidium-strontium dating. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to Believe -] Reference
Sirios discovers rubidium, tantalum, beryllium and cesium at its lithium property. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
The rubidium atoms are cooled to just 5 billionths of a degree above absolute zero. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Several things can, on rare occasions, cause problems for the rubidium-strontium dating method. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to Believe -] Reference
Now if you could watch inside you would see it change; it is now rubidium, now silver, now caesium. From Wordnik.com. [The Poisoned Pen] Reference
The control laser modifies the optical properties of the rubidium vapor in the hollow-core waveguide. From Wordnik.com. [cellular-news] Reference
Mantis reports 2878 g/t rubidium over 9-meter width from its Case pegmatite, lithium-rare-element project. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Obama ripped on energy] Reference
Only one sample - containing 3.1 rubidium atoms per picene molecule - was superconducting with a Tc of about 7K. From Wordnik.com. [physicsworld.com: all content] Reference
The neighboring rubidium atoms are just 640 nanometers apart, allowing them to quickly tunnel their way through the lattice. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
SIRIOS Resources discovers rubidium, tantalum, beryllium and cesium mineralization at its pontax-lithium property jointly owned. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
If a two-component mixture is suspected, a second dating method must be used to confirm or disprove the rubidium-strontium date. From Wordnik.com. [Reasons to Believe -] Reference
The team used a combination of lasers, extreme cold, and a powerful vacuum to immobilize two rubidium atoms within "optical traps.". From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Mitsuhashi and colleagues also looked at several samples doped with sodium, rubidium and caesium - all alkali metals like potassium. From Wordnik.com. [physicsworld.com: all content] Reference
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