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lithium hydroxide
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chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- HLiO
- Molecular weight
- 24 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- lithium hydroxide
- SMILES
- [Li+].[OH-]
- InChIKey
- WMFOQBRAJBCJND-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- lithium
- Mass
- 24.019
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- Commons category
- Lithium hydroxide
- canonical SMILES
- [Li+].[OH-]
- chemical formula
- LiOH
- melting point
- 471.2
- density
- 2.54
- solubility
- 71
- median lethal dose (LD50)
- 210
- median lethal concentration (LC50)
- 0.96
- standard enthalpy of formation
- -484
- UN class
- 8
- boiling point
- 1626
- electric dipole moment
- 4.754
- 2022 Harmonized System Code
- 282520
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Encyclopedic overview
Lithium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula LiOH. It can exist as anhydrous or hydrated, and both forms are white hygroscopic solids. They are soluble in water and slightly soluble in ethanol. Both are available commercially. While classified as a strong base, lithium hydroxide is the weakest known alkali metal hydroxide.
Production
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