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    Lithium: This Article Is About The Use of Lithium As A Medication

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    Lithium is a soft, silvery-white metal that is highly reactive and flammable. It is the lightest solid element and does not occur freely in nature but is found in ocean water and minerals. Lithium is used as a medication to treat bipolar disorder and is also used in lithium-ion batteries, heat-resistant glass and ceramics, lubricants, and metal production.

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    Lithium is a soft, silvery-white metal that is highly reactive and flammable. It is the lightest solid element and does not occur freely in nature but is found in ocean water and minerals. Lithium is used as a medication to treat bipolar disorder and is also used in lithium-ion batteries, heat-resistant glass and ceramics, lubricants, and metal production.

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    Lithium is a soft, silvery-white metal that is highly reactive and flammable. It is the lightest solid element and does not occur freely in nature but is found in ocean water and minerals. Lithium is used as a medication to treat bipolar disorder and is also used in lithium-ion batteries, heat-resistant glass and ceramics, lubricants, and metal production.

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    LITHIUM

    THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT THE USE OF LITHIUM AS A MEDICATION.

    Lithium is a chemical element with the symbol LI. It is a


    soft, silvery-white alkali meta. Under standard conditions,
    it is the lightest metal and the lightest solid element. Like
    all alkali metals, lithium is highly reactive and flammable,
    and must be stored in mineral oil. When cut exhibits a
    metallic luster, but moist air corrodes it quickly to a dull
    silvery gray, then black tarnish. It never occurs freely in
    nature, but only in (usually ionic) compounds, such as
    pegmatitic minerals, which were once the main source of
    lithium. It is present ocean water and commonly obtained
    from brines. Lithium metal is isolated electrolytically from
    a mixture lithium chloride and potassium chloride.
    Lithium and its compounds have several industrial
    applications, including heat-resistant glass and ceramics,
    lithium grease lubricants, flux additives for iron, steel and
    aluminum production, lithium batteries, and lithium ion
    batteries.

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