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Lithium carbonate

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99.999% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Carbolithium, Carbonic acid lithium salt

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Linear Formula:
Li2CO3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
73.89
Beilstein:
3999191
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

99.999% trace metals basis

form

powder

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impurities

≤15.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

618 °C (lit.)

density

2.11 g/cm3

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SMILES string

[Li+].[Li+].[O-]C([O-])=O

InChI

1S/CH2O3.2Li/c2-1(3)4;;/h(H2,2,3,4);;/q;2*+1/p-2

InChI key

XGZVUEUWXADBQD-UHFFFAOYSA-L

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General description

Lithium carbonate may be used as a lithium source in the synthesis of lithium titanate, a potential anode material for lithium-ion battery.
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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Synthesis of lithium titanate (Li4Ti5O12) by addition of excess lithium carbonate (Li2CO3) in titanium dioxide (TiO2) xerogel
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K E Morrison et al.
The Lancet. Neurology, 12(4), 339-345 (2013-03-05)
Lithium has neuroprotective effects in cell and animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and a small pilot study in patients with ALS showed a significant effect of lithium on survival. We aimed to assess whether lithium improves survival in
N Alessi et al.
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33(3), 291-304 (1994-03-01)
The use of lithium to treat child and adolescent psychiatric disorders is becoming more common. Since the publication of the report of The Committee on Biological Aspects of Child Psychiatry of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry in 1978, a
Tom Bschor et al.
Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 33(1), 38-44 (2013-01-02)
Studies of the 1970s and 1980s showed lithium monotherapy to be an effective treatment of acute unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD) and hence as a potential alternative to monoaminergic antidepressants.The objective was to conduct the first comparison of a lithium
Andrea Contestabile et al.
The Journal of clinical investigation, 123(1), 348-361 (2012-12-04)
Down syndrome (DS) patients exhibit abnormalities of hippocampal-dependent explicit memory, a feature that is replicated in relevant mouse models of the disease. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis, which is impaired in DS and other neuropsychiatric diseases, plays a key role in hippocampal

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