Lithium was discovered by Johann August Arvedson in 1817. However, the idea was first thought by William Thomas Brande and Sir Humprey Davy. Lithium is a soft-white metal, which can be easily cut, It is highly reactive and tarnished readily in air due to the formation of a layer of lithium sub oxide and on the surface of the metal. The basic information of lithium is as followed:
Atomic #: 3
Atomic mass:6.941
Melting Point: 453.65 K
Boiling Point: 1615 K
Density: 0.534 grams per cubic centimeter
Phase at room temperature: Solid
Element Classification: Metal
Period #: 2
Group #: 1
Group Name: Alkali Metal
There are many uses for lithium and its compounds. It is used to make special glasses and ceramics. Lithium is also a medication for bi-polar disease. It is known has the lightest metal, but combined with other elements makes it a strong metal. If one misuses lithium the symptons of tocity included anorexia, nausea, thrist, or ataxia. Toxic effects may appear after prolonged therapeutic use and may include changes in the kidney, and leukocytosis. Moreover, the nervous system is the primary target and organ of lithium toxicity.
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The Internet Resources
Health
About Medications - This elaborates on how lithium can be taken in many ways. Lithium can be taken in tablets, capsules, or liquid. This medication helps with people suffering from depression even if they have never experienced a manic depressive disorder. Also, this website talks about specific concerns of taking lithium. For example, having lithium in the first three months of pregnancy is a risk for the child to have a heart valve defect. This website is very informative. Rating: 5
Healthier You - This is a checklist for patients taking lithium. For example, one has to obtain regular blood test for lithium levels, and to notify the doctor of weight change. The website tells how lithium is used to treat mania and depression to prevent recurrence. A great description on how lithium can cause side effects of nausea, stomach cramps, and muscle weakness. Rating: 2
Kathi's Mental Health Review - This is a medical website explaining how lithium can help treat diseases. For example, the big disease it treats is bi-polar disease. It has been proven to successfully treat schizophrenia among many other diseases. Moreover, the explanation goes on to say that lithium medication-in order to reach maximum effectiveness it should be taken two to three weeks. Rating:3
Lithium and Pregnancy - This is a document explaining how taking lithium during pregnancy can have an effect on the fetus and its development. It is a brochure template offering concerns and answers of lithium and pregnancy. Basically, it talks about the risks that lithium can expose during pregnancy. Rating:3
Manic-depressive disorder - This is an easy to read guide on the effects of lithium on manic-depressive disorder. Manic-depressive disorder is also called bipolar disorder. This is a mood disorder in which a person is between depression and mania. It explains what a person might do when they have this disease. This website goes on to explain how it competes with sodium, potassium, and other elements that maintain impulse conduction, and how that can relate to the disease. Rating:2
The first mood stabilizer - This website is not very descriptive. However, it gives dietary information when one is on the medication. The dietary information includes drinking plenty of fluids, and that extra caution should be used with cardiovascular disease, thyroid disease, and leukemia. Rating: 1
biological effects - This is a very short explanation on how lithium can have numerous biological effects. And like similar websites mentions bipolar disease and finding a role in controlling aggressive behavior, This website is very short, and not anything new that I found from other websites. Rating: 2
Everything to know
Encyclopedia on Lithium - This is from an encyclopedia online. It has the basic definition and properties of the element. However, this website gives very detailed information on how lithium can be used in the medical field. Also, unlike the other online sources this website provides a chart with little facts of lithium. Not only does this makes it visually interesting, but gives a picture of the appearance of lithium. Rating: 3
It's elemental - This website is a brief description of the background information. For example, it elaborates on who founded it and the basic atomic number and mass it contains. The website explains how lithium can have many uses in its compounds. For instance, using lithium can create special glasses and ceramics, because it is the lightest metal. Not only does this website give basic information, but gives the math equation for lithium's estimated crusted abundance and estimates oceanic abundance. Rating:5
Li - This website has key components in knowing what lithium is about. There is a brief description of the isolation of lithium. Lithium can be mixed with other elements for it to become a light weight metal and this website gives a summary of this. Also, this website is very colorful, easy to understand, and contains pictures making the content easy for one to understand. Rating: 4
Lithium - This website informs one of how lithium was discovered by Arfuedson. It gives the background information of lithium coming from igneous rocks and in mineral springs. Moreover, gives information on lithium's history. For example, lithium was used in WWII because it has the highest heat of any element, making it easier to transfer applications. And random facts such as, the metal lithium is priced at $300/Ib. Rating: 3
Periodic Table of Elements - To only name a few this website has an overview of Lithium, the atomic structure, and the common chemical compounds found in Lithium. It says that lithium’s incompatibilities with other elements and the Ionization potential. It explains how Lithium can be in humans bone, liver, and muscles with numbers. This website has everything there needs to know about lithium, because it is very detailed but easy to understand. Rating:5
Other
Green Energy News - Not only does lithium treat medically, but it is considered a metal, and is highly electrochemically reactive. It tells how the chemical changes lithium can have and how it provides electric current. And in doing this chemical change it makes lithium a great battery. (In particularly for vehicles and other things where a light weight metal is needed.) Rating:5
Pavements - This is a very confusing website put out by the government explaining lithium and its process. Also, it gives chemical notations including some of lithium. Basically, the website tells the use of lithium in order to prevent silica reaction in concrete pavements and structures. Rating:1
Yahoo Answers - This is a blog of what people think lithium is. Someone asks a question and people choose to respond to it or not. When people responded they give their own opinion what they think lithium is. Rating: 1
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