metalresearcher
National Hazard
Posts: 732
Registered: 7-9-2010
Member Is Offline
Mood: Reactive
|
|
Mg powder + Li2CO3 => ?? (I tried it)
Mixing 0.5g Mg powder + 1g Li2CO3 and putting it in a steel retort which I heated to red hot resulted in a red flare as a result of a vigorous
reaction. After allowing the retort to cool and opening it, a black powder was tht result. It did not react with water nor did it dissolve.
I hoped to get some Li metal but no avail.
What happened ?
|
|
|
Adas
National Hazard
Posts: 711
Registered: 21-9-2011
Location: Slovakia
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sensitive to shock and friction
|
|
2 Mg + Li2CO3 ----> Li2O + 2 MgO + C
|
|
|
blogfast25
International Hazard
Posts: 10562
Registered: 3-2-2008
Location: Neverland
Member Is Offline
Mood: No Mood
|
|
The only real way to make lithium metal is by electrolysis. All other methods will either yield no metal or poor quality crap, embedded in slag from
which it cannot be separated adequately.
|
|
|
![[*]](images/xpblue/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
