Name: Zoha Rashid
Date: 10-6-14
Periodic-als Ionic Compound
Ionic Compound Selected: Lithium Fluoride
Why did you select this Ionic Compound? Because I thought it looked really cool in it’s crystal form.
How is this Ionic Compound important/relevant to your life? It doesn’t I just thought it was interesting and I haven’t ever heard about it before.
Facts on the METAL in your Compound
Source 1 Title: Lithium
MLA Citation: "Lithium." WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
Facts on the NONMETAL in your Compound
Source 2 Title: Fluorine
MLA Citation: "Fluorine Element Facts." Chemicool. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
Facts on the Ionic Compound
Source 2 Title: Lithium Fluoride
MLA Citation: "Lithium Fluoride." - Awesomely Interesting Facts, Images & Videos. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
Date: 10-6-14
Periodic-als Ionic Compound
Ionic Compound Selected: Lithium Fluoride
Why did you select this Ionic Compound? Because I thought it looked really cool in it’s crystal form.
How is this Ionic Compound important/relevant to your life? It doesn’t I just thought it was interesting and I haven’t ever heard about it before.
Facts on the METAL in your Compound
Source 1 Title: Lithium
MLA Citation: "Lithium." WebElements Periodic Table of the Elements. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
- It has a very soft texture.
- It is a silver-white metal.
- Has an atomic number 3.
- It is an alkali metal.
- It is the least dense metal.
- Can be used in batteries, greases, and medicine.
- It has high reactivity.
- Has a melting point of 356.97 °F.
- Has a boiling point of 2448 °F.
- Lithium has only one valence electron.
Facts on the NONMETAL in your Compound
Source 2 Title: Fluorine
MLA Citation: "Fluorine Element Facts." Chemicool. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
- Fluorine looks like a gas.
- It’s usually a pale yellow liquid or a bright yellow solid.
- It has an atomic number of 9.
- Discovered/isolated in 1886 by French Chemist Henri Moissan.
- Fluorine is highly toxic and corrosive.
- It is the lightest halogen.
- Reacts violently with water to to produce oxygen as well as hydrofluoric acid.
- Hydrofluoric acid is very dangerous and toxic.
- Some compounds of Fluorine, in this case Sodium Fluoride, can be found in things such as toothpaste.
- Small splashes of Hydrofluoric acid can burn off your skin.
Facts on the Ionic Compound
Source 2 Title: Lithium Fluoride
MLA Citation: "Lithium Fluoride." - Awesomely Interesting Facts, Images & Videos. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.
- This compound is inorganic.
- It’s form is most usually in random crystals.
- Has the highest UV transmission of any material.
- Density of 6.51 g/cm3
- Can be used as UV transmission windows.
- Usually colorless.
- Has a bitter-saline taste.
- Can be used as Heat sink materials.
- Forms the basis that is used in liquid fluoride nuclear reactors.
- It is much less soluble than water.