{"id":2932,"date":"2022-04-29T19:25:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2022-04-29T19:25:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T19:25:46","slug":"lithium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/29\/lithium\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Lithium<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/chemistry\/2017\/09\/04114132\/Lithium_Tile-300x300.png\" alt=\"Lithium\" class=\"wp-image-14491\" title=\"Lithium\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Symbol<\/td><td><strong>Li<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Number<\/td><td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atomic Mass<\/td><td><strong>6.941 g.mol&nbsp;<sup>-1<\/sup><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Discovered by<\/td><td><strong>Johann Artvedson in 1817<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemical Properties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Group<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Melting point<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>180.5 \u00b0<em>C<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Period<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Boiling point<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2061 \u00b0<em>C<\/em><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Block<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>s<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Density (g cm<sup>\u22123<\/sup>)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>0.534<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Atomic number<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>3<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Relative atomic mass<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6.94<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>State at 20\u00b0C<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Solid<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Key isotopes<\/strong><\/td><td><strong><sup>7<\/sup>Li<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Electron configuration<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>[He] 2s<sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>CAS number<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7439-93-2<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>ChemSpider ID<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2293625<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>ChemSpider is a free chemical structure database.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Lithium?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Lithium is a chemical element that occurs first in the alkalis of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/periodic-table\/\">periodic table<\/a>.<\/li><li>It is the lightest solid metal.<\/li><li>It\u2019s moderately abundant and present in the Earth\u2019s crust in 65 ppm (parts per million).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uses of Lithium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Bromine and lithium chloride together form concentrated brine which absorbs the humidity under high temperature. Brine is used in the manufacturing of air conditioning systems.<\/li><li>Alloys of the metal with manganese, cadmium,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/chemistry\/copper\/\">copper<\/a>, and aluminium are used to make aircraft\u2019s parts.<\/li><li>The carbonate is used in medicine as an antidepressant and pottery industry.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Properties of Lithium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Lithium takes an active part in many reactions with organic and inorganic reactants. It reacts with oxygen to form monoxide and peroxide.<\/li><li>Metallic Lithium reacts extremely vigorously with water.<\/li><li>Among the significant properties of this metal, we can find its high specific heat which is the calorific capacity. Other properties are its enormous temperature interval in the liquid state, high&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/byjus.com\/chemistry\/thermal-conductivity\/\">thermal conductivity<\/a>.<\/li><li>It has very low density and low viscosity.<\/li><li>Metallic form of this metal is soluble in aliphatic amines of a short chain like ethylamine but insoluble in hydrocarbons.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium Symbol Li Atomic Number 3 Atomic Mass 6.941 g.mol&nbsp;-1 Discovered by Johann Artvedson in 1817 Chemical Properties Group 1 Melting point 180.5 \u00b0C Period 2 Boiling point 2061 \u00b0C Block s Density (g cm\u22123) 0.534 Atomic number 3 Relative atomic mass 6.94 State at 20\u00b0C Solid Key isotopes 7Li Electron configuration [He] 2s1 CAS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}