Anomalous Properties of Lithium

Write about the hardness of lithium and magnesium.

What happens when lithium is reacted with liquid ammonia?

During thermal decomposition of lithium carbonate, lithium oxide and carbon dioxide gas formed as products.

What happens when the thermal decomposition of lithium carbonate takes place?

Write a chemical reaction of thermal decomposition of lithium carbonate.

What happens when magnesium reacts with chlorine?

What happens when lithium reacts with chlorine?

The hardness of lithium on Mohs hardness scale is _____.

Write any one anomalous properties of lithium.

$\mathrm{LiCl}$ is deliquescent and crystallises as a _____.

$\mathrm{LiCl}$ is deliquescent and crystallises as a hydrate.

Why lithium chloride is deliquescent and crystallises as a hydrate?

The product $\mathrm{A}$ of the reaction, $4{\mathrm{LiNO}}_3\stackrel{ }{\to }2\mathrm{A}+4{\mathrm{NO}}_2+{\mathrm{O}}_2$ is

Why lithium shows diagonal relationship with magnesium?

Write the reaction of thermal decomposition of lithium nitrate.

Why does lithium react with water slowly?

How does magnesium react with water?

Why is the ionic radius of lithium ion (${\mathrm{Li}}^{+}$) greater than that of magnesium ion (${\mathrm{Mg}}^{2+}$)?

The atomic size of lithium atom is greater than lithium ion. Give reason.

Complete the given reaction of magnesium with oxygen:

$2\mathrm{Mg}+{\mathrm{O}}_2\stackrel{ }{\to }?$