Product Name :
Lithium chloride, ACS, 99% min
Synonym:
IUPAC Name :
lithium(1+) chloride
CAS NO.:
7447-41-8
Molecular Weight :
Molecular formula:
ClLi
Smiles:
[Li+].DMBA [Cl-]
Description:
In air-conditioning, welding and soldering flux, dry batteries, heat-exchange media, salt baths, and desiccants.Lithium chloride is useful for the production of lithium metal, and for the generation of Mn(0) species which can be used in free radical cyclizations.Cromolyn sodium It can serve as a flame colorant to generate dark red flames, a brazing flux for aluminum in automobiles, a hygrometer, and a desiccant for drying air streams.PMID:23991096 On exposure to air, it becomes a solution with the concentration directly related to relative humidity of the atmosphere, and hence serves as a relative humidity standard in calibrating hygrometers. Apart from being a source of chloride, it serves as an additive in the Stille reaction in organic synthesis, and to precipitate RNA from cellular extracts. Being biologically significant, it finds applications in a wide variety of assays to study cell-fate and neurobiology. Lithium chloride has been found to inhibit virus infection.