Talk:Lithium

Article changed over to WikiProject Elements format by maveric149

Information Sources

Some of the text in this entry was rewritten from Los Alamos National Laboratory - Lithium. Additional text was taken directly from USGS Periodic Table - Lithium. Other information was obtained from the sources listed on the main page but was reformatted and converted into SI units.

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?? Doesn't most Lithium come from the same neutron-capture process that gives rise to Beryllium and Boron? --Anon

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Why not just do the intuitive thing and link *TableImage.png to the periodic table instead of that Full table link, which adds no actual information? Mkweise 21:34 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

You mean redirect the image page to the periodic table page? That's not a good idea, me thinks. --mav

I was thinking [[Periodic table/Standard Table|Image:Li-TableImage.png]] - won't that work? Well, let's find out: Image:Li-TableImage.png. Mkweise 21:52 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

also the image will hopefully become an image map, when the facilities arrive, for it to become one. -fonzy

Now that would be truly cool, but if that's the plan shouldn't the images be a bit larger? The tip of my mouse pointer is bigger than the cells in the images currently are. Giving the image the full width of the sidebar could make a real difference in navigation accuracy. Mkweise 22:00 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)

Check out the nav image at http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/periodic/Li.html --mav

I was also planning on having a larger version of the image with explanatory text on the image description pages. Not to mention the primary use of these pages - copyright and owner (me) info. --mav

Probable vandalism details

Perhaps a chemist will review the text of the 'graph below, just in case (hmm, actually, the crimson is not incandescance but a slow flame, right? And is this a safety issue?), but the only edit ever by 66.235.7.213 (as of 12 hours afterward) was adding the question marks to the following:

== Notable Characteristics == ??????????????????????????

Lithium is the lightest metal and has a density that is only half that of water. Like all alkali metals, Lithium reacts easily in water and does not occur freely in nature due to its activity, nevertheless it is still less reactive than the chemically similar sodium. When placed over a flame, this metal gives off a striking crimson color but when it burns strongly, the flame becomes a brilliant white. This is also an univalent element. --Jerzy 00:36, 2003 Nov 24 (UTC)

Precautions

lithium pellets??

This picture does not agree with the precautions text... I suspect the white stuff in the plastic box is not lithium but a lithium compound. 213.51.209.230 12:56, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Disambiguation

There are now 4 articles that come under the general title of lithium. Is it time to set up a disambiguation page? I would be happy to set it up, but I am unsure of how. Leave the instructions on my talk page and I will take care of it. Sensation002 02:47, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)