The news broke that a railroad car, loaded with pure sodium, had just derailed and was spilling its contents. A television reporter called me for an explanation of why firefighters were not allowed to ...

In this video excerpt from NOVA's "Hunting the Elements," New York Times technology columnist David Pogue investigates chemical reactions involving sodium. Find out how the electron configuration of ...

This article discusses the analysis of elemental concentration in the near surface region of smart-phone display glass using the technique of depth profiling. The distribution of alkali and alkali ...