lithium carbonate price A Purity: 99.8% B Grade: Industry and Medicine C White power, D Water content smaller 0.41%

Lithium Carbonate Price

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Introduction

Lithium carbonate is a chemical compound of lithium, carbon, and oxygen with the formula Li2CO3. This colorless salt is widely used in the processing of metal oxides and has received attention for its widespread use in the 20th century as a treatment for manic and bipolar disorders, however statistically significant clinical data were not available to confirm its therapeutic advantage given its profound side-effects. However, it still stays as the only naturally occurring treatment for bipolar disorder found in nature as the rare mineral zabuyelite.

Properties

Lithium carbonate, like almost all other lithium compounds, is soluble in water. The isolation of lithium from aqueous extracts of its ores capitalizes on this poor solubility. Its apparent solubility increases tenfold under a mild pressure of carbon dioxide; this effect is due to the formation of the metastable bicarbonate:

Li2CO3 + CO2 + H2O → 2 LiHCO3

Lithium carbonate, and other carbonates of Group 1, do not decompose readily, unlike other carbonates. Li2CO3 decomposes at temperatures greater than 1,300 °C (1,570 K).

Applications

Lithium carbonate is an important industrial chemical. It forms low-melting fluxes with silica and other materials. Glasses derived from lithium carbonate are useful in ovenware. Lithium carbonate is a common ingredient in both low-fire and high-fire ceramic glaze. Its alkaline properties are conducive to changing the state of metal oxide colorants in glaze particularly red iron oxide (Fe2O3). Cement sets more rapidly when prepared with lithium carbonate, and is useful for tile adhesives. When added to aluminium trifluoride, it forms LiF which gives a superior electrolyte for the processing of aluminium.[3] Lithium carbonate is used as an active material of carbon dioxide sensors.[4] It is also used in the manufacture of most lithium-ion battery cathodes, which are made of lithium cobalt oxide.

Specificaiton

Li2CO3	99.0% min
Ca	0.05% max
Fe	0.008% max
Mg	0.02% max
Na	0.2% max
K	0.01% max
Cl	0.005% max
SO4	0.35% max
WATER	0.6% max

lithium carbonate price