Name

Lithium

Atomic Number

3

Appearance

Silvery white

Phase At STP

Solid

Spectrum Image

Source

CAS Number

7439-93-2

CID Number

CID3028194

DOT Number

1415

RTECS Number

RTECSOJ5540000

Mendeleev Number

1

Pettifor Number

12

Space Group Number

229

Glawe Number

12

Atomic Mass

6.94 Da

X Position

1

Y Position

2

Period

2

Group

1

Block

s

Category

Alkaline Metals

Geochemical

Alkali Metal

Goldschmidt

Lithophilic

Electrical Type

Conductive

Urban Soil

0.0495 mg/kg

Seawater

1.8e-7 kg/L

Sun

4e-7 mole ratio to silicon

Earth Crust

0.00002 g

Human Body

0.000003 %

Solar System

0.000057 mole ratio to silicon

Meteorites

0.00017 %

Jmol

Molcas Gv

CPK

Empirical

145

Calculated

167

Van Der Waals

182

Bonding

181

Batsanov

220

Rahm

220

Uff

245.1

Mm3

255

Alvarez

212

Bragg

150

Covalent (Single Bound)

134

Covalent (Cordero)

128

Covalent (Pyykko)

133

Covalent (Pyykko Double)

124

Mendeleev

123

C12

155

Metallic

152

Melting/Freeze (USE)

453.65 °K

Melting/Freeze (WEL)

453.69 °K

Melting/Freeze (CRC)

453.5 °K

Melting/Freeze (LNG)

453.54 °K

Boiling/Density (USE)

1603 °K

Boiling/Density (WEL)

1615 °K

Boiling/Density (CRC)

1615 °K

Boiling/Density (LNG)

1603 °K

Boiling/Density (Zhang)

1603 °K

Critical Temperature

3223 °K

Autoignition Point

452 °K

Critical Pressure

67 MPa

STP

0.534 kg/cm³

Solid (WEL)

535 kg/cm³

Solid (CRC)

534 kg/cm³

Solid (LNG)

534 kg/cm³

Liquid (CR2)

512 kg/cm³

Molar Volume

13.02 cm³/mol

Atomic Volume

13.1 cm³

Heat Of Fusion USE

2.89 kJ/mol

Heat Of Fusion CRC

3 kJ/mol

Heat Of Fusion LNG

3 kJ/mol

Heat Of Fusion WEL

3 kJ/mol

Evaporation USE

148 kJ/mol

Evaporation LNG

147.1 kJ/mol

Evaporation WEL

147 kJ/mol

Evaporation Zhang

136 kJ/mol

Combustion

-298 kJ/mol

Molar Heat

24.86 J/molK

Heat Capacity USE

3.489 J/gK

Heat Capacity CRC

24.86 J/gK

Heat Capacity LNG

24.8 J/gK

Heat Capacity WEL

24.8 J/gK

Thermal Conductivity

84.8 W/m*K

Thermal Expansion

0.000046 1/K

Adiabatic Index

N/A

Extensional

6000 m/s

80k

10 nΩm

273k

85.3 nΩm

293k

92.8 nΩm

298k

94.7 nΩm

300k

95.5 nΩm

Order

paramanyetic

Susceptibility

2.6e-8 m3/kg

Shear Modulus

4.2 GPa

Bulk Modulus

11 GPa

Youngs Modulus

4.9 GPa

Mohs

0.6

Brinell

5

Observed/Predicted By

A. Arfwedson

Observed/Discovery Year

1817

Discovery Location

Isolated Sample By

W. T. Brande

Isolated Sample Year

1821

Half Life

Stable

Lifetime

Stable

Neutron Cross Section

0.05

Electron Affinity (eV)

0.618049

Electron Affinity (kJ/mol)

59.6326

Electron Affinity (pauling)

0.98

Electron Affinity (allen)

5.392

Electron Affinity (ghosh)

0.105093

Accepted

164.1125

Uncertainty

0.0005

C6 GB

1410

C6 Coefficient

1392

Constant Internal Default Radius

3.49

Constant

351, 351, 351

Strucutre

BCC

Angles

p/2, p/2, p/2

Oxidation States

1

Electron Configuration

1s2 2s1

Quantum Number

2S1/2

Electron Configuration Semantic

[He] 2s1

Shells-0

2

Shells-1

1

Ionization Energies-0

520.2

Ionization Energies-1

7298.1

Ionization Energies-2

11815