- lithium
- A soft metal. Lithium salts are used to treat certain mental disorders, especially bipolar (manic depressive) disorder. Lithium salts include lithium carbonate and lithium citrate.
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Lithium — (pronEng|ˈlɪθiəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft alkali metal with a silver white color. Under standard conditions, it is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element. Like all alkali metals,… … Wikipedia
LITHIUM — Le lithium est un métal blanc et brillant lorsqu’il est fraîchement coupé. Il a été découvert, en 1817, par Johann August Arfvedson dans un silicate d’aluminium naturel: le pétalite. Jöns Jacob Berzelius donna au nouvel élément, de numéro… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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Lithium, MO — U.S. village in Missouri Population (2000): 0 Housing Units (2000): 1 Land area (2000): 0.001924 sq. miles (0.004984 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.001924 sq. miles (0.004984 sq. km) FIPS code … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
lithium — [lith′ē əm] n. [ModL: name coined (1818) by BERZELIUS Baron Jöns Jakob for element discovered (1817) by his student A. Arfwedson (1792 1841), Swed chemist < LITHIA + IUM] 1. a soft, silver white, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali… … English World dictionary
Lithium [1] — Lithium Li, Alkalimetall, Atomgew. 7,03, spez. Gew. 0,59, Schmelzpunkt 186°; kommt in der Natur in wenigen Mineralien (Petalit, Triphen oder Spodumen, [173] Lepidolith u.a.) und spurenweise in Mineralwässern, im Meerwasser und in Pflanzenaschen… … Lexikon der gesamten Technik
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lithium — Symbol: Li Atomic number: 3 Atomic weight: 6.939 Socket silvery metal. First member of group 1 of the periodic table. Lithium salts are used in psychomedicine … Elements of periodic system
lithium — ► NOUN 1) a light, soft, silver white reactive metallic chemical element. 2) a lithium salt used as a mood stabilizing drug. ORIGIN from Greek lithos stone … English terms dictionary
Lithium — Lith i*um (l[i^]th [i^]*[u^]m), n. [NL., from Gr. li qeios of stone, fr. li qos stone.] (Chem.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lithium — Lithium, chemisches Zeichen: Li. Atomgewicht: 7,0 (H = 1), 87,5 (O = 100), ein Metall, welches 1817 von Arfvedson entdeckt wurde; es findet sich im oxydirten Zustande vorzüglich im Petalit, Spodumen, Amblygonit, in geringerer Menge im Triphyllin … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
