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Dear Forum
About the Lithium..... Li is very hydroscopic like
Na and K, and thus needs to be stored in a dry, O2 free
atmosphere. I did some work a while back (1985??) at
Arizona on Li-H2O and LiC-H2O reactions for 3H analysis.
There was a significant fractionation of 3H thus I would
suspect a similar problem with D/H.
2Li + H2O - 2LiOH + H2 low temperature
2Li + H2O - Li2O + H2 high temperature
This reaction is very exothermic and thus even at
elevated temperatures (which is VERY DANGEROUS!!!!!) it
would be difficult to control the reaction.
Bob Kalin
Queen's University of Belfast
Belfast BT7 1NN N.Ireland UK
44 1232 274018 (Phone)
