Lithium and Water Reaction

Lithium (and a small amount of Lithium Oxide) combine to form Lithium Hydroxide (LiOH, a soluble, even hygroscopic white crystaline substance), and Hydrogen Gas (H2). Enjoy! And be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe!

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[Rejected97]

is this in hot water or cold?



[highvoltagefeathers]

@Rejected97 Room temperature.

[cheesynounou]

"Anyways" is not a word! @ 1:00

[highvoltagefeathers]

@cheesynounou Excuse me,

[Estocavio]

What exactly is the Lithium immersed in? This is the first time ive seen a stable, controlled way of storing it, and am rather curious.

[highvoltagefeathers]

@Estocavio Lithium is very light, and suprisingly bouyant in dense, thick liquids like oil. One common way of storing it is to push it into container of petroleum jelly, but I didn't have any. I filled a small glass spice container (airtight) with WD-40, which is very viscous and much less dense than mineral oil, most of the lithium sank in.

Thanks!

[zbrooo]

Longest half-life of francium is about 20 minutes :)

[mcwario13]

it also reacts with the nitrogen in the air to produce lithium nitride