Question

Describe the reaction of Lithium with air

Answer 1

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Lithium burns with a strongly red-tinged flame if heated in air. It reacts with oxygen in the air to give white lithium oxide. ... For the record, it also reacts with the nitrogen in the air to give lithium nitride. Lithium is the only element in this Group to form a nitride in this way.

Answer 2

Lithium reacts intensely with water, forming lithium hydroxide and highly flammable hydrogen. ... At 750oC lithium reacts with hydrogen to lithium hydride (LiH). The white powder that forms releases hydrogen gas upon later reaction with water, in amounts of 2800 liter per kilogram hydride.