Lithium Carbonate (R6170)

Lithium carbonate is an inorganic compound that is the lithium salt of carbonate with the chemical formula Li2CO3.
Lithium is basically obtained by extraction method from two sources.
The first of these; pegmatite crystals and lithium salt from brine pools.
Approximately 30,000 tons were produced in 1989.
It is also found as a rare mineral, zabuyelite.
Secondly; Lithium carbonate is also synthesized by treating lithium peroxide with carbon dioxide.
This process is the basis of some air cleaners used to absorb carbon dioxide, for example in aircraft:
2Li2O2 + 2CO2 → 2 Li2CO3 + O2
This salt, which is white in color, is frequently used in the processing of metal oxides and in the treatment of mood disorders.
It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most essential drugs used in the treatment of bipolar disorder, needed in a primary health care system.
Lithium carbonate is a very important industrial chemical.
It forms smelters with low melting point with silicon dioxide and other materials.
Glasses made of lithium carbonate are very useful in ovenware.
Lithium carbonate is a common ingredient in both low fire and high fire ceramic glaze.
It is also used to manufacture most lithium-ion battery cathodes made from lithium cobalt oxide.

Packaging: 100 gr (0,22 lb) - 500 gr (1,1 lb) - 1 kg (2,20 lb) - 5 kg (11,02 lb)  -10 kg (22,05 lb) - 25 kg (55,12 lb)

 
Li2CO3: min 99.0% – max 100.0% - result: 99.3%
Cl: min 0% – max 0.015% - result: 0.004%
Na: min 0% – max 0.084% - result: 0.034%
Ca: min 0% – max 0.016% - result: 0.004%
Mg: min 0% – max 0.007% - result: 0.005%
SO4: min 0% – max 0.054% - result: 0.030%
Fe2O3: min 0 ppm – max 30 ppm - result: 5 ppm
B: min 0 ppm – max 30 ppm - result: 1 ppm
K: min 0 ppm – max 10 ppm - result: 1 ppm
Insoluble: min 0% – max 0.017% - result: 0.003%