For 10 points, identify this element, often used in batteries, the lightest metal found on earth with atomic number 3 and symbol Li?
Its transmutation to tritium was the first man-made form of nuclear fusion. Chile has become the world's top producer of this element by developing its rich salt-flats in the Atacama Desert, though Bolivia has the world's largest deposit. Salts of this element were used to treat gout in the 19th century, and today its salts are used as mood stabilizers. It has the highest specific heat capacity of all solids and is the least reactive of the alkalis. For 10 points, identify this element, often used in batteries, the lightest metal found on earth with atomic number 3 and symbol Li?
Its transmutation to tritium was the first man-made form of nuclear fusion.
lithium