Question

What is lithium's state of matter?

Answer 1

Hint: Generally matter is going to exist in nature in three forms and they are solid, liquid and gaseous states. The elements in the periodic table also exist in those three states. S-block elements are in solid state.

Complete answer:
- In the question it is given what is the lithium's state of matter.
- Lithium is the alkali element present in s-block and situated in I A group.
- The atomic number of lithium is 3.
- Lithium is a metal like other metals, lithium is also soft in nature.
- We can cut the alkali metals with a normal knife very smoothly.
- The melting point of lithium is 180$^{o}C$ .
- Means lithium metal is in solid state at room temperature.
- The shape of the lithium is BCC (Body-centered cubic crystal).
- Lithium metal is highly reactive at normal temperature.
- Lithium will lose its one valence electron and exhibit +1 oxidation state.
- Generally metals have a property to react with water, in the same manner lithium is going to react with water vigorously and forms lithium hydroxide (LiOH) as the product.

Note:
Lithium is the lightest metal among all the metals in the periodic table. Because of the lightweight property of the lithium it is used in airplanes body and in jet planes body. The lithium metal is used in batteries and in the preparation of the parts of the automobiles also.