Lithium
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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LITHIUM HISTORY
- First discovered as a chemical element in 1817.
- It was used frequently in the mid-1800s for curing a variety
- of diseases such as mania and depression.
- Johan August Arfwedson in 1817.
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LITHIUM HISTORY (CONTINUED)
- The name lithium came from the Greek word "lithos" meaning stone
- because it was found in mineral form apposed to the other group 1
- elements, potassium and sodium are found in plants.
- Lithium is the lightest of all metals with about half the density of water.
- When metal lithium is burned, it turns a white color.
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LITHIUM PROPERTIES
- Lithium is a very soft, silvery metal.
- Lightest of all metals.
- It has a low melting point and is quite reactive.
- It's physical and chemical properties are more similar
- to alkaline earth metals than those of its own group.
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LITHIUM USES
- Lithium is used in an assortment of medicines,
- batteries, lithium grease (used to eliminate rust from windows,
- doors, garage door rails, and hinges).
- Medicines include lithium carbonate pills, mood disorder pills.
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LITHIUM USES (CONTINUED)
- Lithium batteries come in a large variety of shapes and sizes
- from pacemaker batteries to camera batteries to laser pointer batteries.
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WHERE LITHIUM CAN BE FOUND
- It can be found Western Australia, Russia, United States,
- China, Chile, Zimbabwe, and Canada.
- Chile, Argentina, and The United States also make lithium from brine pools.
- Lithium is usually mined because of it is highly flammable and reactive
- Lithium is found in ore form because if is usually found on igneous rocks.
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WHERE LITHIUM CAN BE FOUND ( CONTINUED)
- Lithium costs $27 per 100 grams,
- If you we're buy it in bulk, the price drops to $9.50
- per 100 grams.
- Lithium makes up 0.0007% of the earths crust.
- Has the highest specific heat out of all solid elements.
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