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Lithium: History, Applications & Standards

Lithium (from Ancient Greek: λίθος, líthos, 'stone') 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. Like all alkali metals, lithium is highly reactive and flammable, and must be stored in vacuum, inert…

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Lithium topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around Lithium.

Related topics
400
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
408
Extracted relationships
293
Concept neighborhoods
75
Bridge connections
408

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Applications · 93 topics
Overview · 77 topics
Occurrence · 74 topics
Properties · 50 topics
Chemistry · 35 topics
Production · 35 topics
History · 28 topics
Precautions · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

6Li
[1.9%, 7.8%]
7Li
[92.2%, 98.1%]
Appearance
silvery-white
at T (K)
797
Atomic number (Z)
3
Atomic radius
empirical: 152 pm calculated: 167 pm

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Properties

Occurrence

History

Chemistry

Production

Applications

Precautions

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Lithium connects Entity context

The extracted context around Lithium shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Lithium → Archived, August, Country Archived, February, IM Conference, Information Archived, International Lithium Alliance, International Studies, July, June, Lithium Archived, Lithium Statistics, Markets, McKinsey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Mountbatten Centre, No5, Nottingham, November, Nuclear History Working Paper Another extracted example is Lithium → Andrada, Arfwedson, Augustus Matthiessen, Berzelius, Brande, Brazilian, Christian Gmelin, German, Gmelin, Greek, He, However, In, It, Johan August Arfwedson, José Bonifácio, Jöns Jakob Berzelius, LiAlSi4O10, Metallgesellschaft AG, Petalite. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Lithium

Top relations

related to External links · 31
Lithium → Archived, August, Country Archived, February, IM Conference, Information Archived, International Lithium Alliance, International Studies, July, June, Lithium Archived, Lithium Statistics, Markets, McKinsey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, Mountbatten Centre, No5, Nottingham, November, Nuclear History Working Paper
related to history · 28
Lithium → Andrada, Arfwedson, Augustus Matthiessen, Berzelius, Brande, Brazilian, Christian Gmelin, German, Gmelin, Greek, He, However, In, It, Johan August Arfwedson, José Bonifácio, Jöns Jakob Berzelius, LiAlSi4O10, Metallgesellschaft AG, Petalite
related to Organic chemistry · 14
Lithium → As, BuLi, DME, For, However, Li, Like, Me3Si, MeLi, Organolithium, These, They, Thus, TMEDA
related to Atomic and physical · 13
Lithium → Because, Cs, Fr, In, It, Its, Li, Like, Lithium's, Molten, Na, Rb, The
related to Biological · 11
Lithium → Asian, Dry, In, Marine, Rhodes, Similarly, Solanaceae, Some, Studies, Tolerance, Whether
related to Inorganic compounds · 11
Lithium → It, LiAlH, LiBH, LiBr, LiCl, LiF, LiI, Some, The, These, This
related to Terrestrial · 11
Lithium → Although, Another, At, Earth, Earth's, Estimates, Granitic, In, The, United States, Western Lithium Corporation
related to Environmental issues · 10
Lithium → Albemarle Limitada, Although, Argentina, Atacama, Atacameño, In, Massive, Particular, Salar, The
related to Of lithium metal · 10
Lithium → Although, Because, CO2, H2O, In, Li2CO3, Li3N, LiOH, The, When
related to Astronomical · 8
Lithium → Because, Big Bang, Certain, Lithium-7, Many, Measured, Measurements, The

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

used nuclear also metal brine compounds water production use element isotopes metals sodium salts alkali extraction potassium carbonate high mining

Lithium relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 293 structured relationships around Lithium. Examples in this analysis include Lithium → 6Li → [1.9%, 7.8%] and Lithium → 7Li → [92.2%, 98.1%]. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Lithium6Li[1.9%, 7.8%]1.00infobox
Lithium7Li[92.2%, 98.1%]1.00infobox
LithiumAppearancesilvery-white1.00infobox
Lithiumat T (K)7971.00infobox
LithiumAtomic number (Z)31.00infobox
LithiumAtomic radiusempirical: 152 pm calculated: 167 pm1.00infobox
LithiumBlocks-block1.00infobox
LithiumBoiling point1617 K ​(1344 °C, ​2451 °F)1.00infobox
LithiumBrinell hardness5 MPa1.00infobox
LithiumBulk modulus11 GPa1.00infobox
LithiumCAS Number7439-93-21.00infobox
LithiumCovalent radius128±7 pm1.00infobox
LithiumCritical point3220 K, 67 MPa (extrapolated)1.00infobox
LithiumCrystal structure​body-centered cubic (bcc) (cI2)1.00infobox
LithiumDensity (at 20° C)0.5334 g/cm31.00infobox
LithiumDiscoveryJohan August Arfwedson (1817)1.00infobox
LithiumElectrical resistivity92.8 nΩ⋅m (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
LithiumElectron configuration[He] 2s11.00infobox
LithiumElectronegativityPauling scale: 0.981.00infobox
LithiumElectrons per shell2, 11.00infobox
LithiumFirst isolationWilliam Thomas Brande (1821)1.00infobox
LithiumGroupgroup 1: hydrogen and alkali metals1.00infobox
LithiumHeat of fusion3.00 kJ/mol1.00infobox
LithiumHeat of vaporization136 kJ/mol1.00infobox
LithiumIonization energies1st: 520.2 kJ/mol1.00infobox
LithiumIonization energies2nd: 7298.1 kJ/mol1.00infobox
LithiumIonization energies3rd: 11815.0 kJ/mol1.00infobox
LithiumLattice constanta = 350.93 pm (at 20 °C)1.00infobox
LithiumMagnetic orderingparamagnetic1.00infobox
LithiumMain isotopes.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table{text-align:center;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .isotopes-table-headers>:not(:first-child){padding:0…1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Lithium bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Used, Compounds and Also. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Lithium
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Also
    • Metal
    • Metals
    • Brine
    • Nuclear
    • Production
    • Needed
    • Use
    • Carbonate
    • Per
  • lithium
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Also
    • Metal
    • Metals
    • Brine
    • Nuclear
    • Production
    • Needed
    • Use
    • Carbonate
    • Per
  • chemical element
    • Per
    • Ore
    • Metal
    • Li
    • Potassium
    • Solid
    • Stable
    • Concentrations
    • Isotopes
    • Low
    • Sodium
    • Alkali
  • alkali metal
    • Metals
    • Li
    • Sodium
    • Metal
    • Potassium
    • Compounds
    • Also
    • Aluminium
    • Stable
    • Mineral
    • Salts
    • Element
  • lithium chloride
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Also
    • Metal
    • Metals
    • Brine
    • Nuclear
    • Production
    • Needed
    • Use
    • Carbonate
    • Per
  • isotopes
    • Stable
    • Mineral
    • Per
    • First
    • Nuclear
    • Production
    • Compounds
    • Aluminium
    • Batteries
    • Li
    • Potassium
    • Solid
  • nuclear reaction
    • Production
    • Reaction
    • Low
    • Per
    • Use
    • Compounds
    • Also
    • Salts
    • Used
    • Aluminium
    • Batteries
    • Potassium
  • lithium deuteride
    • Used
    • Compounds
    • Also
    • Metal
    • Metals
    • Brine
    • Nuclear
    • Production
    • Needed
    • Use
    • Carbonate
    • Per

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Lithium, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Lithium with Applications. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
LithiumApplications · splits 315 ⟂ 94
LithiumOverview · splits 331 ⟂ 78
LithiumOccurrence · splits 334 ⟂ 75
LithiumProperties · splits 358 ⟂ 51
LithiumChemistry · splits 373 ⟂ 36
LithiumProduction · splits 373 ⟂ 36
LithiumHistory · splits 380 ⟂ 29
LithiumPrecautions · splits 400 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Lithium

Nodes409
Edges408
Triples293
Avg. degree2
Density0.00489
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Lithium to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Lithium · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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