lithium


 * Hey its bdcforlife I go to the** [|Amigos School] **and we are learning about elements; my element i**s lithium

This is a picture of a lithium battery
 * When you here the word “lithium” it may seem like something that has nothing to do with our everyday lives, but every time you see or use a battery your looking at or using lithium or example a radio, phone and a iPod you are using lithium. Also. lithium is used in airplanes. Lithium in airplanes is used all time and every day. Also lithium is used in glasses, oil, and greases.

The element of lithium has an atomic number of 3, that means lithium has 3 protons and 3 electrons in its atom. The atomic mass is 7 which is the number of neutrons you subtract the atomic number, which are 3 by the atomic mass which 7 so there are 4 neutrons in the atom. The lithium is very “un-happy” atom because it has 3 electrons. All the lithium atom has to do is get rid of one electron. To be a "happy" atom it needs to have a ring filled with electron, for example helium is number 2 so that means that the first ring is filled so it is happy.**


 * Here is a picture of a Bohr model of a lithium atom

The reds are the protons, the blue are the neutrons and the gray are the electrons.

A scientist Joann Arfevdson discovered lithium in Greece in 1817. He discovered the element of lithium inside other small minerals. Before Joann Arfevdson discovered it, the element was made around 4 billion years. It was made cosmic rays crashing into other helium and hydrogen atoms. it has been on the earth 4 billion years mixing with other elements to make its own atom "happy".**

Lithium mixes with different element to make its element "happy". Lithum mixes with aluminum and magnesium for its atom to be "happy" also for light weight. It is used in many mixtures.

Lithium looks like a silvery white cube its texture is bumpy because it is very scratchy.