lithium carbonate

noun

: a crystalline salt Li₂CO₃ used in the glass and ceramic industries and in medicine especially in the treatment of bipolar disorder

Examples of lithium carbonate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It can be refined into lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate — the battery-grade chemicals used in lithium-ion batteries. —Ray Mwayera, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026

Element3 officials said the successful production of lithium will come from Permian Basin produced water in its lithium carbonate facility in Midland. —Samuel O’Neal 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2026

After a second pilot test for lithium extraction to produce battery grade lithium carbonate, Neptune started a third pilot test earlier in September to evaluate an adsorption process to recover the mineral from brine water. —Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

Energy storage is also emerging as a fast-growing market for lithium carbonate. —Tim Treadgold, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for lithium carbonate

• borosilicate
• decontaminate
• deoxycholate
• deteriorate
• differentiate
• diisocyanate
• dinoflagellate
• excommunicate
• incapacitate
• insubordinate
• intercorporate
• interpenetrate

Medical Definition

lithium carbonate

noun

: a crystalline salt Li₂CO₃ used in the glass and ceramic industries and in medicine in the treatment of mania and hypomania in bipolar disorder