www.sciencemadness.org the thread is unconventional sodium,
and I quote Bromicacid (thanks bromic)
"The mobility of sodium ions in a soda-lime-silica glass at elevated temperatures is fairly high; if an evacuated bulb of such a glass is dipped into molten sodium nitrate and electrolysis is brought about by bombarding the inside of the bulb with electrons, the circuit being completed with an electrode in the sodium nitrate, then metallic sodium appears in the bulb."
Sounds like a VERY good way to extract quite a good deal of alkali metals
, I'm thinking, for bees that don't have access to alkali metal nitrates, then the nitrite or other salts could maybe be used... It shouldnt bee too hard to scavenge old TV's, they throw em out by the skipfull where I live
Anybee want to try with NaCL!!!!! if this works, it's going to probably revolutionise bees getting alkali metals!
I don't know if it works for other alkali metals, just gotta try, but I don't reccomend trying it with Li compounds though, if it does work for Li, molten lithium corrodes glass very severely so I have heard.