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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5758666" data-attributes="member: 17106">As you go straight downwards on the periodic table, the elements will become less stable (bigger atoms have electrons that are progressively farther from the nucleus, which makes them prone to react with other atoms). Thus, Rubidium, Cesium, and Francium behave similarly in water, and are progressively more reactive. It does get to the point where there are serious concerns about explosions when they are handled in metallic form; one of my chemistry professors had some anecdotes about concerns surrounding people doing research (I think it was with Cesium metal) that begin to approach the explosions you were describing.. Obviously, these are progressively rarer in nature, but that's all handwaveable. None of them has much of a role (if any) in human biochemistry but psionic sinews may be different.[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixxJtJPVXk]Alkali metals in water, accurate! - YouTube[/ame]Happy gaming...</blockquote>