# \#caesium

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## [Purifying Cæsium Metal by Distillation](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/purifying-caesium-metal-by-distillation/4196)

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Below is the initial preparation of metallic cæsium by reduction of CsCl with lithium metal. Here is more information on cæsium, element 55, which despite its reputation as an exotic metal (i…