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Discovery of lithium

Discovery of lithium
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Lithium is a chemical element; it has symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal. Under standard conditions, it is the least dense metal and the least dense solid element.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. Discovery of fluorine1810
  2. Discovery of iodine1811
  3. Discovery of cadmium1817
  4. Discovery of lithium (this page)1817
  5. Discovery of selenium1817
  6. Discovery of silicon1823

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