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The alkali-aggregate reaction in concrete: a resume of field experience, laboratory tests for reactivity of aggregates and a review of the fundamental research to show the ...

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Liquid alkali metal alloy floats on water rather than explodes

When a chunk of alkali metal gets tossed into water, it explodes. But when a team of scientists gently placed a liquid drop of a sodium-potassium alloy on top of a water surface, they observed a ...