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Phrases 53
- lithium batteryAny of a group of electrical batteries that have a lithium anode; used in many portable electronic devices.
- Lithium-ION
- lithium ion batteryA type of rechargeable battery containing lithium compounds but not elemental lithium, used in many consumer electronics devices.
- lithium aluminium hydrideLiAlH₄, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH₄⁻.
- Lithium TriangleA region of Bolivia, Chile and Argentina in the Atacama Desert, which produces much of the world's lithium supply, and contains most of the world's known lithium reserves.
- lithium hydrideLiH, a gray solid that reacts violently with water, and can ignite spontaneously in air; it has a number of industrial applications, and is used in the manufacture of lithium aluminium hydride.
- lithium carbonateThe lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li₂CO₃, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
- Lithium ValleyA region of California, around the Salton Sea area, where there are large lithium deposits.
- lithium oxidea white, powdered alkali, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics
- lithium hydroxideAn alkali, LiOH, used in gas-purification systems in spacecraft, submarines etc, and in the preparation of lithium soap.
- lithium nitrideA binary compound of lithium and nitrogen, Li₃N.
- lithium peroxideThe compound Li₂O₂ that is used to remove carbon dioxide from air and replace it with oxygen
- lithium chloridethe lithium salt of hydrochloric acid, LiCl, used in the electrolytic production of lithium metal, and as a flux
- lithium nitrateThe lithium salt of nitric acid, LiNO₃, used in fireworks and flares.
- lithium amideThe lithium salt of ammonia LiNH₂
- lithium stearatethe lithium salt of stearic acid; a lithium soap made from tallow
- lithium borohydrideThe strong reducing agent LiBH₄
- lithium hexafluorophosphateThe salt LiPF₆ that is used as an electrolyte in lithium batteries
- lithium metaborateThe salt LiBO₂
- lithium batteriesplural of lithium battery: Any of a group of electrical batteries that have a lithium anode; used in many portable electronic devices.
- lithium soapAny lithium salt of a fatty acid, made by the reaction of fat with lithium hydroxide and used in the manufacture of lubricating greases.
- lithium sulfatethe lithium salt of sulfuric acid, Li₂SO₄; used in the treatment of manic depression etc
- lithium acetatethe lithium salt of acetic acid; used as a buffer in electrophoresis
- lithium fluorideA salt that may be prepared by the action of hydrofluoric acid on many lithium compounds, occurring naturally as griceite; its crystals are used in optical instruments, and in radiation dosimetry (based on its radiothermoluminescence).
- lithium citrateThe lithium salt of citric acid, sometimes used in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Compound words 18
- antilithiumThe antiatom form of lithium.
- lithiationreaction with lithium or an organolithium compound
- butyllithiumAny of three isomeric organolithium reagents used in chemical synthesis.
- dilithio-Having two lithium atoms replace hydrogen atoms in an organic compound.
- ethyllithiuman organolithium compound with the chemical formula C₂H₅Li.
- lithio-Having a lithium atom replace hydrogen in an organic compound.
- lithiumlikeHaving a similar neuropsychological effect as lithium drugs
- methyllithiumThe binary organometallic compound CH₃Li that is used in organic synthesis
- nonlithiumNot of or pertaining to lithium.
- phenyllithiumAn organometallic agent with the empirical formula C₆H₅Li.