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Definition of Lithium carbonate

1. Noun. A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder.

Definition of Lithium carbonate

1. Noun. (chemistry) The lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li₂CO₃, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder. ¹

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Medical Definition of Lithium carbonate

1. This compound is used to treat manic depression. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lithium Carbonate

Literary usage of Lithium carbonate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... the oxide or carbonate in hydrochloric acid, is exceedingly deliquescent, melts below a red heat, and is very soluble in alcohol. lithium carbonate ..."

2. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"This precipitates lithium carbonate, which, although soluble in water, is much less so than sodium carbonate, and therefore the latter precipitates lithium ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemist (1897)
"I had, in addition, two other boxes of lithium carbonate, one containing ro ... Even the 07 grm. of lithium carbonate which contains less than 0-14 grm. of ..."

4. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"Preserve it in well-closed cont One Gm. of lithium carbonate dissolves in 78 ... lithium carbonate is a light, white powder, odorless, and having an alka ..."

5. Laboratory Methods of Inorganic Chemistry by Heinrich Biltz, Wilhelm Biltz (1909)
"lithium carbonate from Lepidolite, Petalite, or Spodumene; Spectroscopic Tests for Rubidium and Other Metals. Mix 100 g. of the finely powdered mineral ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"The lithium carbonate was collected in platinum funnels, washed three times ... The lithium carbonate was then dissolved in hydrochloric acid which had been ..."

7. A Treatise on pharmacy for students and pharmacists by Charles Caspari (1895)
"The final solution of alkali hydroxides is mixed with ammonium carbonate, whereby the lithium carbonate is precipitated ; or the mixed alkali hydroxides may ..."

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