Product Technical Data Sheet
Product Name: Lithium Metal
CAS No.: 7439-93-2
Molecular Formula: Li
Molecular Weight:6.94
Appearance: Silvery Solid
Assay: 99%
Packaging: Drum
Hazard Class: 4.3
Packing Group: I
Application:
Lithium is used as a starting material or chemical intermediate in a number of reactions. Both lithium hydride and lithium nitride, which are prepared by the direct combination of their elements. Other inorganic compounds of lithium may be prepared by the direct combination of the elements or by the reaction of lithium with an acid gas if an unusually high purity product is required. For example, extremely dry lithium sulfide can be prepared by the reaction of lithium metal with hydrogen sulfide. Such processes are hazardous and expensive and are generally avoided if possible. Lithium may be used in the preparation of both alkyl- and aryl-lithium compounds and lithium alkoxides.
Lithium Metal as a Polymerization Catalyst, usually as a dispersion, has been used to polymerize such monomers as butadiene, isoprene, styrene and acrylates. It has also been used to produce copolymers. Lithium in High-strength Glass and Glass-ceramics The use of lithium compounds to manufacture high-strength glass and glass-ceramics has greatly increased within the past decade.
The most widely known use of lithium is that of lithium carbonate in treating manic-depressive affective disorders; the mechanism by which it alleviates depression in some people is not known. Industrially, lithium and its compounds are used in metal alloys, lubricants, nuclear reactor coolant, ceramics, alkaline storage batteries, and electronic tubes. It is also used as a catalyst and as a reducing agent.
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