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

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Ensuring domestic supply has been a critical focus of the Company and today's announcement is a significant step towards Anson Resources building a commercial scale battery grade lithium carbonate plant. —Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024

All in all, the company expects to extract 2,000 tons of lithium carbonate using just 2 acre-feet of water per year. —Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024

The first phase will put out 22,000 tons of lithium carbonate powder and about 175,000 tons of boric acid per year. —Christopher Helman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

To do this, the shuttle's air is filtered through canisters filled with lithium hydroxide (LiOH), which attaches to carbon dioxide molecules to form lithium carbonate crystals (Li2CO3), thus sequestering the toxic carbon dioxide. —Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined above

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