Elementii
The Table
3 Li 6.94 u

Element 3 · Solid at room temperature

Lithium

Alkali metals

Looks like: silvery-white.

Li

Lithium (from Greek:λίθος lithos, "stone") is a chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3. It is a soft, silver-white metal belonging to the alkali metal group of chemical elements. Under standard conditions it is the lightest metal and the least dense solid element.

Summary from the source dataset, derived from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · original article

Atomic mass

6.94u

Density

0.534g/cm³

Melts

453.65 K

Boils

1603 K

The units on this page — explained by Unitii

Lithium's family

Elements in the same column share their outer-electron count, so they behave alike.

Source

Discovered by Johan August Arfwedson.

Periodic-Table-JSON (Bowserinator and contributors); element summaries derived from Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · snapshot retrieved 2026-08-21

Elementii shows what matter is made of and where each fact comes from — it doesn't invent a number it can't cite. · by OCC