Cesium

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Cesium, SEE zee uhm, is a soft, silvery metallic element. Dissolved cesium salts, such as cesium carbonate and cesium chloride, are widely distributed in low concentrations in brines and mineral waters. The German scientists Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff first detected cesium in 1860. In 1882, the chemist Carl Setterberg isolated the pure metal.

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