Lithium
Chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3.
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Pegmatite
Igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than 1 cm and sometimes greater than 1 m. Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, having a similar silicic composition to granite.
Igneous rock showing a very coarse texture, with large interlocking crystals usually greater in size than 1 cm and sometimes greater than 1 m. Most pegmatites are composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica, having a similar silicic composition to granite.
These complex pegmatites are mined for lithium, beryllium, boron, fluorine, tin, tantalum, niobium, rare earth elements, uranium, and other valuable commodities.
Lithium-ion battery
A lithium-ion battery or Li-ion battery is a type of rechargeable battery composed of cells in which lithium ions move from the negative electrode through an electrolyte to the positive electrode during discharge and back when charging.
Alkali metal
The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr).
Chemical element
A chemical element refers to all aspects of the species of atoms that have a certain number of protons in their nuclei, including the pure substance consisting only of that species.
A chemical element refers to all aspects of the species of atoms that have a certain number of protons in their nuclei, including the pure substance consisting only of that species.
The lightest chemical elements are hydrogen and helium, both created by Big Bang nucleosynthesis during the first 20 minutes of the universe in a ratio of around 3:1 by mass (or 12:1 by number of atoms), along with tiny traces of the next two elements, lithium and beryllium.
Electrolysis
Technique that uses direct electric current to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.
Technique that uses direct electric current to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.
1821 – Lithium was discovered by the English chemist William Thomas Brande, who obtained it by electrolysis of lithium oxide.
Rubidium
Chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37.
Chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37.
It forms amalgams with mercury and alloys with gold, iron, caesium, sodium, and potassium, but not lithium (even though rubidium and lithium are in the same group).
Potassium
Chemical element with the symbol K and atomic number19.
Chemical element with the symbol K and atomic number19.
Potassium is the second least dense metal after lithium.