Lithium

History

Lithium was discovered in 1817 by Swedish chemist, I. A . Arfvedson, a disciple of the famous Berzelius. He called it the lithium, which is Latin means «Stone». In 1818 Davy Humphrey received lithium metal.
The industrial way of lithium was invented in 1855. It was opened independently of one another German chemist Robert Bunsen and Englishman O. Matissen.

Nowadays

In the early 20 century, the lithium used in small quantities for alloying steel. This metal is well cleaned gases from the iron. Then, lithium hydride was used for the production of hydrogen. Adding metal in electrolytes battery lithium increases the period of his service.
In the second half of the 20th century from the lithium-6 people began receiving tritium, making the metal - atomic.