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Lithium - Planetary Bohr Model
Lithium - Lewis Dot Diagram

General Information

Symbol:Li
Atomic Number:3
Atomic Weight: (Atomic Mass, Molar Mass)6.941
Group:1 (alkali metals or hydrogen family/lithium family)
IA (Old IUPAC), IA (CAS)
Period:2
Block:s

Physical Properties

Density:0.543 g/cm3
Atomic Volume:13.1 cm2/mole
Atomic Radius:1.55 angstroms
Covalent Radius:134 pm
Radioactive:No

States

Melting Point:180.5 °C
Boiling Point:1342.0 °C
Heat Of Fusion:3.0 kJ/mole
Heat Of Vaporization:147.1 kJ/mole

Energy

Electronegativity:1.0 (Pauling Scale)
Electron Affinity:-60 kJ/mol
1st Ionization Energy:520 kJ/mol
Specific Heat Capacity:3.582 J g−1 K−1
Thermal Conductivity:84.7 W·m−1·K−1

Electrons & Oxidation

Oxidation States:1
Electrons Per Shell:2 1
Electron Configuration:[He] 2s1
1s2 2s1
1s2 2s1

History

Discovered In:1817
Discovered By:Johan August Arfvedson
Discovered At:Stockholm, Sweden
Word Origin:From the Greek word "lithos" meaning "stone"

Translations

EnglishLithium
DeutschLithium
LëtzebuergeschLithium
NederlandsLithium
AfrikaansLithium
FryskLithium
DanskLithium
SvenskaLitium
NorskLitium
ÍslenskaLitín or Liþín
FøroyskLithium
LatinLithium
FrançaisLithium
EspañolLitio
CatalanaLiti
OccitanaLiti
PortuguêsLítio
GalegoLitio
ItalianoLitio
FurlanLiti
RomânLitiu
MoldavianLitiu
ArmãneashteLitiumu
РусскийЛитий
УкраїнскаЛітій
byЛітый
PolskaLit
KaszëbscziLët
ČechLithium
SlovenskýLitium
SlovenščinaLitij
HrvatskaLitij
СрпскиЛитиjум
BosnianLitij
МакедонскиЛитиум
БългарскиЛитий
LietuviškaiLitis
LaoLitijs
SudovianLitijan
CymraegLithiwm
Gaeilge na hÉireannLitiam
Gàidhlig na hLitiam
Gaelg VanninaghLitçhey
CornishLythyum
BrezhonegLitiom
ΕλληνικήΛιθιο
ShqipLitium
OssetianЛитий
EuskeraLitioa
Georgianლიტიუმი
SuomiLitium
EestiLiitium
MagyarLítium
TürkçeLityum
KazakhЛитий
UzbekЛитий
TajikLiti'
MongolianЛити
日本語リチウム [riteumu]
中国话
ไทยลิเทียม
VietnameseLithi, Liti
Bahasa MelayuLitium
العربيهليثيوم
Il-MaltiLitjum
עבריתליתיום
EsperantoLitio

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