World Lithium Supply
World Lithium Supply Eric Eason November 30, 2010 Submitted as coursework for Physics 240, Stanford University, Fall 2010. Fig. 1: Spodumene (lithium aluminum silie) is a mineral that is used as a commercial source of lithium. (Photograph courtesy of the Geological Survey.) Lithium, the third element in the periodic table, is a soft, silverywhite alkali metal. It is the lightest of ...