Lithium
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Lithium is a chemical element; it has symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard conditions, it is the least dense metal and the least dense solid element.
Lithium ingots with a thin layer of black nitride tarnish
Lithium floating in oil
Nova Centauri 2013, a stellar nova from which lithium was detected
Johan August Arfwedson is credited with the discovery of lithium in 1817.
Lithium (medication)
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Certain lithium compounds, also known as lithium salts, are used as psychiatric medication, primarily for bipolar disorder and for major depressive disorder. Lithium is taken orally.
Lithium
…lithium-ion batteries. Batteries alone consume more than three-quarters of lithium production. Lithium is present in biological systems in trace amounts. Lithium-based drugs are useful as a mood stabilizer and antidepressant in the treatment of mental illness such as bipolar disorder. The alkali metals are also called the…
A bottle of lithium medicine containing 300 mg capsules of lithium carbonate
John Cade in 1971
A 7Up Lithiated Lemon Soda bottle cap.