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Does anybody here know any special uses, or intresting/relatively unknown facts about lithium?

Im in need of this for a project, and of course I get an element I know fuck all about.

help me out guys?

>> No.4404399

Youtube

sage x100000000 for being a faggot who cant search.

>> No.4404430

>>4404399
I have searched. EVERYWHERE. So far, all I know is it has certain pharmeceutical uses, used in certain types of glass, comainly used in batteries, used for certain air purification and i also believe in certain optical lenses. Other then that, I know fuck all about its uses.

>> No.4404436

>>4404430
lubricant

>> No.4404438

lube grease

merry christmas, next time do some research.

>> No.4404446

Also it explodes in water.
That's cool.

>> No.4404451

>>4404430
lithium was generated at big bang, along with H and He

>> No.4404455

>>4404446
nope, just fizzes and maybe burns

>> No.4404469

Methamphetamine manufacture, via birch reduction method.

>> No.4405054

>>4404451
ALONG WITH ALL NATURAL ELEMENTS
*fixed

>> No.4405063

>>4405054
get a load of this guy

>> No.4405065

>>4405054
Fucking asshats, the two of you. lithium was generated *shortly after* the big bang. All the rest of the elements are generated in stars and their subsequent deaths.

>> No.4405080

It will dissolve in liquid ammonia. Shit turns blue.

>> No.4405090
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4405090

Lithium is used to treat people with bipolar disorder.

It burns on oxygen and produces a bright glow. So bright that you could get blind spots on your corneas if you stare to long.

>> No.4405103

>>4405090
Majora's Mask is a pretty amazing video game. Just putting that out there.

>> No.4405107

>>4405103
^_^
I must agree with you there!
It was a huge portion of my childhood.

>> No.4405159

>>4405107
I feel so sorry for you.

>> No.4405194

If you have to do some sort of project or presentation then extract from lithium foil from Energizer Lithium Ultimate batteries. I just did it a few weeks ago and keep all my lithium under mineral oil, it's pretty sweet

>> No.4405931
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4405931

Aluminum-lithium is one of the lightest alloys, so it is the material of choice for orbital rocketry. The shuttle's big tank, the Delta IV, the Atlas V, and Falcon 9 all use it.