The document discusses lithium, including its discovery in 1817 by Swedish chemist Johann Arfvedson, its uses in batteries, ceramics and lubricants, and basic physical and chemical properties as a soft, silvery alkali metal. Lithium is also mentioned as being used as a medicine to treat bipolar disorder, alternating between manic and depressive states.

1. Lithium
Menbers:
Alvaro Peña Camiloaga 11/30/2012
Daniel Urcia Rubio
Carlos Uriarte Requejo
José Ignacio Huby Ochoa

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What uses does the
Lithium give us?
Uses: batteries, ceramics, lubricants
Obtained From: passing electric
charge through melted lithium chloride,
spodumene

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Who and when was the
Lithium discovered?
Date of Discovery: 1817
Discoverer: Johann Arfvedson
Name Origin: From the Greek word lithos
(stone)

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Basic Information
Name: Lithium
Symbol: Li
Atomic Number: 3
Atomic Mass: 6.941 amu
Number of Protons/Electrons: 3
Number of Neutrons: 4
Color: silvery
Physical properties: Lithium is a soft
silver-white metal. It is shiny but
oxidizes quickly. It is very reactive
alkali metal so is stored under oil,
(chemical).
Chemical properties: Lithium metal is
flammable and potentially explosive when
exposed to air and especially water, though
less so than other alkali metals. The lithium-water
reaction at normal temperatures is brisk but not violent,

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Interesting Facts
• The lithium is used in the industry to make batteries
like this
And also you can find
batteries of cellphones

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• He was a Swedish chemist and
discoverer of lithium in 1817.
• Arfwedson belonged to a family rich.
• He was a student at the University of
Uppsala in Stockholm 1803
• The chemist Arfwedson Jöns met
Jakob Berzelius, who allowed him
access to his private laboratory. There
he discovered the element lithium in
1817, while analyzing petalite mine.

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Whas the Lithium a
medicine?
• Lithium was used as a medicine for various diseases, until settled as
pharmacological agent for bipolar disorder, also known as manic-
depressive, alternating extreme states of euphoria

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