Its compounds alter sodium transport and interfere with ion exchange and nerve conduction, but despite being a poison at moderately high levels, it is often used to treat manic-depressive disorders.
This element is found in economically important quantities in minerals like spodumene, lepidolite, and petalite, in which it was first discovered in 1817 by Johan Arfwedson. It has the highest specific heat of the metallic elements and produces a crimson color in a flame, providing an important test for its presence. Its compounds alter sodium transport and interfere with ion exchange and nerve conduction, but despite being a poison at moderately high levels, it is often used to treat manic-depressive disorders. FTP, what is this lightest of the metallic elements, with atomic number 3?
This element is found in economically important quantities in minerals like spodumene, lepidolite, and petalite, in which it was first discovered in 1817 by Johan Arfwedson.
lithium