Alkali Metals

Alkali Metals

• Potassium
• Sodium
• Potassium
• Rubidium
• Cesium

Three interesting facts

• Alkali metals are very reactive to water
• Alkali metals make salts, table salt is a compound of potassium
• Alkali metals only have one electron in their farthest energy level.

Where can you find Alkali metals?

• You could find sodium in your average table salt.
• The alkali metal lithium is used as a treatment in bipolar disorder.
• Potassium chloride is used as a ferilizer.

Lithium

Lithium is a silver white, and is the lightest of the alkali metals, it is also used as a mood stabilizing drug.

Lithium Facts

• Atomic number: 3
• Atomic mass: 6.941
• Lithium is a metal
• .534 g/cm^3
• Lithium floats
• Lightest known metal

Lithium in the real world

• A common use for lithium is in pills, treating bipolar disorder
• Lithium was crucial to making the atomic bomb.
• It can also be found in batteries.

Interesting Facts

• Lithium is the lightest metal.
• Pure lithium is extremely corrosive
• Lithium comes from the greek word lithos, which means stone.

History of lithium

• Lithium was discovered in 1817.
• William Thomas Brande and Sir Humphrey Davy were the first ones to isolate lithium.