Lithium
Contributor: Tracy Meadows
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- Lithium carbonate tablets or lithium citrate solutions听 - are used as mood stabilizers in psychiatric treatment of depression, mania and bipolar disorder.
- BANG SNAPS - are symbolic for fireworks. Lithium is used for the deep red color in fireworks.
- Lithium - is used in Button Cell Batteries
- 7Up鈥檚 older name was 听"7Up Lithiated Lemon Soda". Until 1948, it contained small quantities of 听naturally-occurring lithium citrate (mood enhancer) found in underground springs.
The origin of the name might come from the 7 ingredients in the original 7Up 听(sugar, carbonated water, essences of lemon and lime oils, citric acid, sodium citrate, and lithium citrate) followed by the 鈥淯P鈥� referring to the improved mood swing. 7Up was originally advertised as a hangover cure.
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About the Contributor: Tracy Meadows lives in Ontario, OH. She is a librarian working in the public library in Mansfield.
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Back to the Periodic Table听
Symbol: Li
Atomic Number: 3
Atomic Mass: 6.94 u
Electron Configuration:听[He] 2s1听
Year Discovered: 1817
Discovered By:听Johan August Arfvedson听