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Lithium   /lˈɪθiəm/   Listen
Lithium

noun
1.
A soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals.  Synonyms: atomic number 3, Li.



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"Lithium" Quotes from Famous Books



... is produced by dissolving chloride of lithium in spirits of wine, and when lighted it will ...
— Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants • James H. Head
... ejaculated Gazen once more. "A red and a yellow line have taken their place. That should be lithium. Hey, presto!—and all ...
— A Trip to Venus • John Munro
... 2SO^{3}).—At a red heat the half of the sulphuric acid of this salt becomes free, and thus separates and expels volatile substances, by which we can recognize lithium, boracic acid, nitric acid, fluoric acid, bromine, iodine, chlorine; or it decomposes and reveals some other compounds, as, for instance, the salts of the titanic, tantalic and tungstic acids. The bisulphate of potash is also used for the ...
— A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe • Anonymous


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