Lithium chloride
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| Lithium chloride | |
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| Systematic name | Lithium chloride |
| Chemical formula | LiCl |
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Preparation
To make lithium chloride you need to cause a chemical reaction with Lithium Hydroxide and Hydrochloride acid or Lithium carbonate with hydrochloric acid.
Uses
The main use of Lithium Chloride is in the making of lithium metal. They did this by electrolysis of a LiCl/KC1 melt at 450 C, In the 1940’s Lithium Chloride was used instead of salt, but was soon discontinued because of toxic effects.
Properties
| Solubility of LiCl in various solvents (g LiCl / 100g of solvent at 25° C) | |
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| H2O | 55 |
| Liquid ammonia | 3.02 |
| Liquid sulfur dioxide | 0.012 |
| Methanol | 21 - 41 |
| Formic acid | 27.5 |
| Sulfolane | 1.5 |
| Acetonitrile | 0.14 |
| Acetone | 0.83 |
| Formamide | 28.2 |
| Dimethylformamide | 11 - 28 |
| Reference: Burgess, J. Metal Ions in Solution (Ellis Horwood, New York, 1978) ISBN 0-85312-027-7 | |
References
- Lithium chloride Wikipedia
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