Lithium reacts slowly with water, and the solubility of lithium hydroxide is low, so the reaction between lithium and water does not explode (even the heat released does not melt lithium). Here’s to commemorate the innocent beaker that was thrown away. (Explain the meme: A Chinese man named Yang Fan filmed a series of chemical experiments called “Crazy Chemistry,” in which he said before reacting rubidium and cesium with water, "What kind of containers should we react with? A beaker? Certainly not (throw out the beaker) at least the sink. "It became a meme later, but the beaker that was thrown away was really innocent… )
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