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Topic: Why Li doesnot occur with Na and potassium?  (Read 2390 times)

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Offline Sona

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Why Li doesnot occur with Na and potassium?
« on: April 17, 2017, 10:49:10 AM »
Why Li doesnot occur with Na and K in nature inspite of being a group IA element ?
Is it due to the small size of Li? Hence Li+ is unable to replace Na+ or K+ from their minerals.
Is it the reason or there is some better explanation of this fact.
Please help.
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Offline Arkcon

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Re: Why Li doesnot occur with Na and potassium?
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2017, 10:59:51 AM »
Hard to explain elemental distribution, but we can try.  Can you think of a process that could be concentrating Na and K?  It may simply be coincidence that Li, Cs, Rb don't concentrate.  Or is the a possible reason?  What do we use Na and K salts for, and why?
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Re: Why Li doesnot occur with Na and potassium?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2017, 05:32:09 AM »
The big producers of Li are the Dead Sea and the Salar de Unui, where Na is abundant.
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Offline Chetan Bhandari

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Re: Why Li doesnot occur with Na and potassium?
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2017, 02:56:59 PM »
Lithium is a small and light element like Helium and Beryllium. If we compare  the distribution of these elements, we see that they are less abundant and concentrated on a particular geographic region. Unlike the other abudant elements like Na and K it also accounts for the less reactivity of Li comparing to Na and K.
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