[Fandaniel sits back again and fans himself with his paper.]
Oh, I find myself heating up already.
Now, what is your question? "How do you reconcile the anomalous nature of lithium?"
[Probably not but he pokes fingers through the air like a professor carefully explaining a complex topic.]
A fair question, I'd say! Lithium is different from the other alkali metals indeed. 'Tis harder and has a higher melting point than its brethren. Alkali metal chlorides are not typically able to form hydrates, yet lithium chloride crystallizes into such. How might we reconcile these difference with the fact that we know, indeed, 'tis alkali? Indeed, how can it be so?
....By remembering how it reacts to water.
[Here his rambling stops and he smooths his paper out in his lap.]
Or something like that. Admittedly I am not an inorganic chemist. Organic chemistry is much more my area of expertise.
...That...is the question you were about to ask, yes?
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Oh, I find myself heating up already.
Now, what is your question? "How do you reconcile the anomalous nature of lithium?"
[Probably not but he pokes fingers through the air like a professor carefully explaining a complex topic.]
A fair question, I'd say! Lithium is different from the other alkali metals indeed. 'Tis harder and has a higher melting point than its brethren. Alkali metal chlorides are not typically able to form hydrates, yet lithium chloride crystallizes into such. How might we reconcile these difference with the fact that we know, indeed, 'tis alkali? Indeed, how can it be so?
....By remembering how it reacts to water.
[Here his rambling stops and he smooths his paper out in his lap.]
Or something like that. Admittedly I am not an inorganic chemist. Organic chemistry is much more my area of expertise.
...That...is the question you were about to ask, yes?