Lithium (Li) By: Jesse Jackson III
What is lithium?
Brine pool
- It's an element on the periodic table
- Column 1 Row 2 1 in the middle
- Common alkali metal
- A soft white rock that has no smell
- It's atomic number is 3 (three) and its atomic mass is 6.941
- At room tempature, in its normal state, it's a solid.
- Its melting point of lithium is 180.54 Celcius
- Its boiling point is 1,342 degrees Celcius.
History of lithium
Johan August Arfwedson
- Johan August Arfwedson found lithium in 1817
- He found lithium in petalite which is a silicate
- It's name comes from the Greek word "Lithos" which means white stone
- Isolated by Sir Humphrey Davy and Thomas Brande
- Reasearch started on it in the late 1800s for psychiatric use
Sir Humphrey Davey
William Thomas Brande
Petalite is used in jewelry to look like diamonds
The Dangers of Lithium
Dangers of lithium medicine
- Stabilizes Bipolar patients but can make it more extreme
- Thyroid slowly stops working (Hypothyroidism)
- Lithium medicine can also cause:
- Dizziness
- Drowsiness
- Speech
- Confusion
- Lack of coordination
- Affects kidney and causes excessive output of urine
Dangers of lithium batteries
- Causes fires in computers ,cellphone, electronic cigarettes and hover boards
Where do we use it in our everyday lives?
- Batteries: We have batteries in everything "toys, computer, Tv remotes "
- Air conditioning: we use it to control the temperature in a concealed space like a house
- Fireworks: Give fireworks a red color
- Soap: Lithium is used for making the lubricant
- Nuclear fusion: Lithium absorbs neutrons
- Lithium hydroxide and Lithium peroxide : Pureifies the air in space and submarines
- Medicine: Treats Bipolar disorder and Depression
- Telescope: Used with glass to make telescopes and spectacle
- Rocket propellants
Lithium ion batteries
Interesting facts about lithium
- It's the lightest metal and the least dense because its density is 0.535 g/cm2 that's half of the density of water
- Some isotopes of lithium are radioactively charged
- Lithium burns white even though it's Crimson shade
- You usually find Lithium in brine water
DICTIONARY
- Excessive : Going over the usual limit
- Isolated : separated like a person from a crowd
- Silicate: Mineral compound like quartz
- Brine pool: Very salty water
- Absorbs : to suck up or drink like a sponge
- Bipolar: Mood changing disorder
- Nuclear fusion: Creation of a radioactive atom
Interesting facts about lithium
- It's the lightest metal and the least dense because its density is 0.535 g/cm2 that's half of the density of water
- Some isotopes of lithium are radioactively charged
- Lithium burns white even though it's Crimson shade
- You usually find Lithium in brine water
Bibliography
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- “Lith-i-um.” Chem4kids.com. Andrew Rader Studios, n.d. Web. 24 May 2016. <http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elements/003_speak.html>.
- “Lithium-ion safety concerns.” Battery University. Isidor Buchmann, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2016. <http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/lithium_ion_safety_concern>.
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