Does anybody know about Lithium?

Question

Need help on my science project. Some imformation please?

Answer 1

Lithium is a light, very reactive metal. It is so reactive, in fact, that it is pretty much never discovered in its metallic state - it has always reacted with something else to form a molecule of one sort or another. It is very widely distributed, found in almost all igneous rocks and most salt solutions.

Metallurgists, of course, can produce the metal, but they usually have to protect its surface so it doesn't react with the air itself. It is light enough to float on water (which it also reacts with). It is also very soft... soft enough that it can be cut with a knife (which it also reacts with). Should the protection be worn through the reaction can even occur explosively. A rather common demonstration is to drop a small ball of metallic lithium in water - the ball will bounce off the surface giving off flame and sparks.

Lithium itself is not a nutrient of any kind, and is in fact considered to be slightly toxic. As a compound, it is given as a mood stabilizer to some people with severe emotional difficulties. It tends to eliminate all extremes of mood, both good and bad. It is considered to be one of the later choices for treatment because of its toxicity (requiring frequent blood tests) and because of possible systemic damage from long-term use.

It's reactivity and light weight make it a good choice for battery design. Weight is also a factor in airplane parts, where it is usually alloyed with other things to give it greater strength. Some lithium compounds also are highly attracted to water and are thus used to dry things out.

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

It's the third element on the periodic table. It's in the first family and is therefore an alkali metal. It has one valence electron.
And if you put some pure lithium in water you get one amazing reaction. It whizzes around the water's surfaces fizzing and giving off smoke. It's pretty intense.

Answer 3

It's used as an antidepressant and for manic depressives. It is also a 1A metal, which is the column for alkali metals. As an alkali metal, it is pretty reactive and cannot be found in nature as a pure substance. Most likely, you will find it mixed with various other substances or bond with other elements. Other information...Lithium is one of the lightest metals and usually bonds with halogens, such as fluorine, chlorine, bromine etc. It almost always becomes cations in aqueous solution.

Answer 4

i'm on Lithium w/o not often any undesirable aspect consequences (knock timber) w/large advantages. For inspite of reason, i can tolerate very intense doses, too. What you describe may be led to by using it or by using Effexor, it is probable to blame for the sweating (it truly is a wager). maximum likely Propanolol (sp?) is to alleviate the tremor. ? Staying properly hydrated is needed and helps lots. habitual blood paintings is as well. it is between the most secure psych meds there is. because this is been round so long, a thanks to handle it really is properly commonplace. Btw, a blood try each 3-6 months does no longer represent complicated to handle as some "nurse" stated earlier. If thyroid function starts off to be troublesome, you've the alternative of discontinuing or supplementing thyroid hormones. If kidney function turns into troublesome, you stop before it really is impaired. it truly is the reason behind the habitual blood paintings. it really is neither a huge deal nor a huge threat, noticeably compared to new meds for which lengthy-time period consequences are unknown. there's a honest quantity of prognosis indicating that Lithium is better at preserving the mind and may even help heal it. they are literally searching at this re-stumbled on med in study on Parkinson's and different neurological ailments. If the undesirable aspect consequences are tolerable, it really is a med fairly properly worth taking in my view. Lithium is often used to supplement antidepressants in complicated to take care of melancholy. If Lithium is the right med for you, it does no longer turn you right into a zombie! That commonly holds for most psych meds, a minimum of an excellent type of the time.

Answer 5

Heck of an album by Nirvana

Answer 6

One of its uses in medicine is to treat manic depression

Answer 7

Well on the news all i know is that in some computers thy were in they blew up or caught on fire that's kind of impressing

Answer 8

salt water compound derived from 40 years ago to supposedly stimulate bio-electrical connections between brain cells...ruthless drug !

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium

Answer 10

all i know is that is prescribed for bi-polar disorder (formerly known as manic depression) and maybe other disorders