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- LITHIUM
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- Li
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- 180.54° C
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- 1330° C
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- HCP, BCC
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- soft silvery, A highly reactive metal
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- heat transfer medium, thermonuclear weapons, alloys, ceramics, optical glass
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- Scarce in nature, it is found in spodumene, lepidolite, or lithium mica.
- Its name comes from the Greek word meaning Rocks.
- Lithium is the lightest of all metals. If it did not react with water, it would float. Discovered in 1817 by Arfvedson.