Gentle bubbles! Lithium meets Water
Lithium is the calmest of the alkali metals. It still gives away its electron to water, but slowly, so you just see steady fizzing bubbles of hydrogen.
The result
- What it makes
- Lithium hydroxide + hydrogen gas
- Equation
- 2Li + 2H₂O → 2LiOH + H₂
- When it happens
- At room temperature
Fun fact from Fizzy: Going down the alkali metal column (Li, Na, K) each one reacts faster than the one above it.
🥽 Only trained scientists should handle pure lithium.