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Lithium hydroxide

reagent grade, 98%

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Linear Formula:
LiOH
CAS Number:
1310-65-2
Molecular Weight:
23.95
EC Number:
215-183-4
MDL number:
MFCD00011095
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
329756379
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

reagent grade

Assay

98%

form

chips or granules
flakes or chunk(s)
pellets

mp

470 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

water: soluble 71 g/L at 20 °C

SMILES string

[Li+].[OH-]

InChI

1S/Li.H2O/h;1H2/q+1;/p-1

InChI key

WMFOQBRAJBCJND-UHFFFAOYSA-M

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General description

Lithium hydroxide (LiOH) is an alkali metal hydroxide. Lithium chloride solution in water on electrolysis forms LiOH. In respiratory apparatus and submarines, it is utilized to uptake carbon dioxide. A study on the redox mechanism of titanium dioxide (TiO2) using cyclic voltammetry, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in the aqueous LiOH electrolyte has been reported.

Application

Lithium hydroxide may be used in the following processes:
  • Synthesis of lithium-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) thin films.
  • Preparation of lithium glyceroxide/hydroxide catalysts by reacting with glycerol.
  • As a catalyst to generate unsaturated ketones via Michael addition of β-dicarbonyl compounds.

Pictograms

CorrosionExclamation mark
GHS05,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H302,H314

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Eagleson M.
Concise Encyclopedia Chemistry, 605-605 (1994)
Lithium Hydroxide-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds.
Bonadies F, et al.
ChemInform, 26(23) (1995)
Production of biodiesel with lithium glyceroxide.
Wang E, et al.
Fuel: The Science and Technology of Fuel and Energy, 160, 621-628 (2015)
Electrochemical behavior of anatase TiO2 in aqueous lithium hydroxide electrolyte.
Manickam M, et al.
J. Appl. Electrochem., 36(5), 599-602 (2006)
Low-Temperature, Solution-Processed and Alkali Metal Doped ZnO for High-Performance Thin-Film Transistors.
Park SY, et al.
Advanced Mat., 24(6), 834-838 (2012)
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