Lithium Hydride

lithium hydride

[′lith·ē·əm ′hī‚drīd]

(inorganic chemistry)

LiH Flammable, brittle, white, translucent crystals; decomposes in water; insoluble in ether, benzene, and toluene; used as a hydrogen source and desiccant, and to prepare lithium amide and double hydrides.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Lithium Hydride

LiH; colorless crystals. Density, 0.776 g/cm³. It is the most stable of all the alkali and alkaline-earth metal hydrides. In a vacuum it melts at 680°-697°C, with virtually no decomposition; at higher temperatures it decomposes. It reacts vigorously with water: LiH + H₂O = LiOH + H₂. In industry it is prepared mainly by the hydrogenation of fused lithium with pure hydrogen at 680°-700°C. Lithium hydride is used for the direct and rapid production of hydrogen (1 kg LiH yields 2.8 m³ H₂) and many metal hydrides and as a strong reducing agent in organic synthesis.

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