Periodic Table of Elements

3

Lithium

6.94

Swedish chemist Johan August Arfwedson discovered lithium in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1817.

Name: Lithium
Symbol: Li
Atomic number: 3
Atomic weight: 6.94
State: solid
Group, period, block: 1, 2, s
Color: silvery white
Classification: alkali metal
Electron configuration: 1s2 2s1
2,1

Physical properties

Density: 0.534 g/cm-3
Melting point: 453.69 K,180.54 °C,356.97 °F
Boiling point: 1615 K,1342 °C,2448 °F

Atomic properties

Oxidation states: +1, -1
Electronegativity: 0.98 (Pauling scale)
Ionization energies: 1st: 520.2 kJ·mol-1
Covalent radius: 128±7 pm
Van der Waals radius: 182 pm
  • Li
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Isotopes

There are two stable isotopes of lithium, 6H, 2Li and 7Li.

About 92.5% of the lithium in nature is 7Li.