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Show LITHIUM A SOFT METAL Lithium is a silver-white, very soft metal, which forms the oxide or : some other salt on exposure to the : air and which decomposes water, forming the hydroxide of lithium; I for these reasons metallic lithium ; docs not occur in nature. Compounds are called lithium carbonate, lithium phosphate, lithium silicate, etc. The chemical products derived from lith- ium minerals have found application in military affairs. (U. S. Geological Geologi-cal Survey, Department of the Interior.) |