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Linear Formula Li2CO3
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Molecular Weight 73.89
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Beilstein Registry
Number 3999191
Lithium carbonate is an inorganic compound, the lithium salt of carbonate with the formula Li2CO3. This white salt is widely used in the processing of metal oxides.
Detailed description
For the treatment of bipolar disorder, it is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most important medications needed in a basic health system.[6]
Uses
Lithium carbonate is
an important industrial chemical. It forms
low-melting fluxes with silica and other materials.
Glasses derived from lithium carbonate are useful in ovenware. Lithium
carbonate is a common ingredient in both low-fire and high-fire ceramic glaze. Its alkaline properties are
conducive to changing the state of metal oxide colorants in glaze particularly red
iron oxide (Fe
2O
3). Cement sets more rapidly when prepared with lithium carbonate, and is useful for tile adhesives. When added to aluminium trifluoride, it forms LiF which gives a superior electrolyte for the processing of aluminium.[7] It is also used in the manufacture of most lithium-ion battery cathodes, which are made of lithium cobalt oxide.
2O
3). Cement sets more rapidly when prepared with lithium carbonate, and is useful for tile adhesives. When added to aluminium trifluoride, it forms LiF which gives a superior electrolyte for the processing of aluminium.[7] It is also used in the manufacture of most lithium-ion battery cathodes, which are made of lithium cobalt oxide.
Medical uses
In 1843, lithium carbonate was used as a new solvent
for stones in the bladder. In 1859, some
doctors recommended a therapy with lithium salts for a number of ailments, including gout, urinary calculi, rheumatism, mania, depression, and headache. In 1948, John Cade discovered the
antimanic effects of lithium ions. This finding led lithium, specifically
lithium carbonate, to be used to treat mania associated with bipolar disorder.
Lithium carbonate is used to treat mania, the
elevated phase of bipolar disorder. Lithium ions
interfere with ion transport processes (see “sodium pump”) that relay and
amplify messages carried to the cells of the brain. Mania is associated
with irregular increases in protein kinase C (PKC) activity
within the brain. Lithium carbonate and sodium valproate, another drug
traditionally used to treat the disorder, act in the brain by inhibiting PKC’s
activity and help to produce other compounds that also inhibit the PKC.[9] Despite these findings,
a great deal remains unknown regarding lithium's mood-controlling properties.
Use of lithium salts exhibit a number of risks and side
effects, especially at higher doses. Lithium intoxication affects the central
nervous and renal systems and is potentially lethal.
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