Name : Caesium
Symbol : Cs
Atomic Number : 55
Atomic Weight : 132.90543
Specific Heat : 0.24 J/gK
Melting Point : 28.4°C
Vaporization : 67.740 kJ/mol
Boiling Point : 669.3°C
Electronegativity : 0.79
Density@293 K : 1.873 g/cm³
Discovered : Gustov Kirchoff, Robert Bunsen, Germany, 1860
Description : Very soft, light gray, ductile metal.
Uses : Used as a \'getter\' to remove air traces in vacuum and cathode-ray tubes. Also used in producing photoelectric devices and atomic clocks. Since it ionizes readily, it is used as an ion rocket motor propellant.