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(So named (lithia) in 1818 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius for the element discovered in 1817 by his student A. Arfwedson, Swedish chemist) A soft, silver-white, metallic chemical element, one of the alkali metals and the lightest known metal. It is used in thermonuclear explosives, in metallurgy, etc.

Symbol: Li
Atomic number: 3
Atomic weight: 6.941
Density (at room temperature and pressure): 0.534 g/cc
Melting point: 180.54°C
Boiling point: 1,342°C
Valence: +1
Ground state electron configuration: [He]2s1		Existing:

Non-Existing: