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lithium

/lith-ee-uhm/US // ˈlɪθ i əm //UK // (ˈlɪθɪəm) //

锂,锂电,锂元素,锂矿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chemistry. a soft, silver-white metallic element, the lightest of all metals, occurring combined in certain minerals. Symbol: Li; atomic weight: 6.939; atomic number: 3; specific gravity: 0.53 at 20°C.
    • : Pharmacology. the substance in its carbonate or citrate form used in the treatment or prophylaxis of bipolar disorder or mania.

Examples

  • The rechargeable lithium battery provides 21 days of battery life with an additional 3 with solar charging, so you won’t find yourself stranded.

  • Beneath the Atacama Salt Flat, a Rhode Island-sized expanse of salts, a major source of lithium is locked in an underground reservoir.

  • In a lithium-metal battery, that anode is made from lithium itself.

  • Smartwatch batteries started as liquid lithium batteries, but most commonly now use rechargeable batteries of lithium-ion polymer technology.

  • Another study from 2010 found that not only are battery ingestions increasing, but those incidents are becoming more likely to end in death or a severe medical event, partly because of a trend toward higher-voltage lithium cells.

  • I have previously drawn attention to the cargo aboard Flight 370, which included a large consignment of lithium-ion batteries.

  • Last week it made five recommendations directed at the testing and certification of lithium-ion batteries.

  • Lithium-ion batteries will further increase underwater performance.

  • How can this saga of the lithium-ion batteries be tied to the fate of Flight 370?

  • A month after that announcement, unaccustomed daylight was forced upon the lithium-ion battery industry.

  • Besides the hexamethylenamin, Uriseptin contains lithium and a benzoate.

  • According to our chemists, the chief ingredients of Uriseptin are hexamethylenamin and lithium benzoate.

  • It is further known that lithium salts do not possess any great medicinal virtue.

  • Just what acid citro-tartrate of lithium may be is hard to tell, for chemistries do not recognize such a substance.

  • Accepting this theory, it was inevitable that mineral waters containing lithium salts should become highly popular.