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Lithium
Alkali metal · s-block · ring L · spoke 1
Lithium is element 3, an alkali metal. It sits on ring L (period 2) on spoke 1, the alkali metals. Follow that spoke toward the center and out again to find its chemical relatives.
Properties
| Density | 0.534 g/cm³ | Terrain → |
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| Melting point | 454 K · 181 °C | Terrain → |
| Boiling point | 1,603 K · 1,330 °C | Terrain → |
| Electronegativity | 0.98 | Terrain → |
| First ionization energy | 520 kJ/mol | Terrain → |
| Atomic weight | 6.94 u | Terrain → |
| Crustal abundance | 20 ppm | Terrain → |
| Discovered | 1817 | Terrain → |
Values from open reference data; see sources. "Terrain" opens that property as a 3D landscape across the whole spiral.
Two things you might not know
- Detected in 1817 in petalite, an ore from a mine on the Swedish island of Utö; it is one of only three metals that float on water.
- Its name comes from the Greek for stone; it powers rechargeable batteries and is used as a mood stabilizer for bipolar disorder.
Checked against en.wikipedia.org.
Spoke 1: Alkali metals
Ring L (period 2)
Play with Lithium
Watch it fly into its seat, or raise the whole spiral into a landscape and see where it peaks.