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1. Physical and chemical properties
Lithium, like all alkali metals, has an outer orbital occupied by a single electron. The valence electron, due to the shielding effect of a full layer on the nucleus, is weakly retained. As a result, lithium chemistry is essentially ionic. However, lithium can also form covalent bonds with organic compounds.
The atomic properties of lithium are as follows:
electronic configuration, 1s 2 2s 1 ;
covalent radius, 1.34 Å ;
ionic radius of Li + , 0.60 Å ;
metal radius, 1.55 Å.
Lithium's ionization energy (5.39 eV) is higher than those of other alkali...
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1. Main lithium-producing companies
The main companies producing lithium from brines are the following [60] [61] :
Sociedad Quimica y Minera (S.Q.M.) and Chemetall GmbH, Atacama salt flats, Chile;
Sociedad Chilena del Litio, Atacama salt flat (Chile);
Chemical Foote Corp, Lithium, Silver...
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