lithium

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The high expectations are not unwarranted -- lithium, the lightest of all metals, has the greatest electrochemical potential and provides the largest energy density for weight.

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  1. noun A soft, silvery, highly reactive metallic element that is used as a heat transfer medium, in thermonuclear weapons, and in various alloys, ceramics, and optical forms of glass. Atomic number 3; atomic weight 6.941; melting point 179°C; boiling point 1,317°C; specific gravity 0.534; valence 1. See Table at element.
  2. noun Any of several salts of lithium, especially lithium carbonate.

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  • The future of zero and ultralow emission vehicles depends on lithium, which is relatively scarce.
  • The mainstay of medical treatment is the mood stabiliser lithium which is used in acute episodes or relapses.
  • The next major clean technology supply constraint is likely to be lithium, the metal used in lithium-ion batteries, if a recent report by New York-based Lux Research is correct.
  • The high expectations are not unwarranted -- lithium, the lightest of all metals, has the greatest electrochemical potential and provides the largest energy density for weight. —  Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed
  • They are faced with lithium -- just today, —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
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  1. From lithia.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek λίθος, a stone.
 

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