Li2CO3 battery- gradeLITHIUM CARBONATE (Fluorescent Grade) ApplicationsLithium carbonates is an important industrial chemical. It forms low- melting fluxes with silica and other materials. Glasses derived from lithium carbonate are useful in ovenware. Lithium carbonate is a co mm on ingredient in both low- fire and high- fire ceramic glaze. It's alkaline properties are conducive to changing the state of metal oxide colorants in glaze particularly red iron oxide (FeO3) . Cement sets more rapidly when prepared with lithium carbonate, and is useful for tile adhesives. When added to aluminium trifluoride, it forms LiF which gives a superior electrolyte for the processing of aluminium. Lithium carbonate can be used in a type of carbon dioxide sensor. It is also used in the manufacture of most lithium- ion battery cathodes, which are made of lithium cobalt oxide. Medical uses Lithium pharmacologyLithium carbonate is used to treat mania, the up phase of bipolar disorder. Lithium ions interfere with chemical reactions (sodium pump) that relay and amplify messages carried to the cells of the brain. In mania there is an observed irregular, increase in protein kinase C’s (PKC) activity within the brain. A recent study has shown that lithium carbonate and sodium valproate, another drug traditionally used to treat the disorder, act in the brain by inhibiting PKC’s activity and help to create other compounds that also inhibit the PKC. Lithium carbonate is of little use for someone suffering from depression. Daily doses of lithium have been found to delay progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with the disease. No other treatment to date has shown such a dramatic effect on ALS. Lithium carbonate is used to treat bipolar disorder PyrotechnicsLithium carbonate is found in fireworks, because lithium imparts a deep red to flames.
