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Definition of 'lithia'English
(Lithium Oxide)
Noun
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Lithium oxide, Li2O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass.
* 1839 , Lithium'', entry in ''The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , Volume 14, page 43 ,
- These substances contain from about five to nearly ten per cent. of lithia in combination with silica, from which it is best separated by the following process of Berzelius:.
* 1990 , A. Paul, Chemistry of Glasses , page 42 ,
- This can be an acute problem with certain glass-ceramics because of the use of large quantities of lithia , in particular, which readily attack the refractories.
* 1996 , Peter A. Ciullo, Industrial Minerals and Their Uses: A Handbook and Formulary , page 462 ,
- The major source of lithia' is lepidolite, the most widespread of the ' lithia -containing minerals with deposits in the United States, Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, India, China, Russia, Japan and Germany.
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