Lithium Chloride

Description

Lithium chloride is mainly used for the production of lithium metal by electrolysis of a LiCl/KCl melt at **0 ° C. LiCl is also used as a brazing flux for aluminium in automobile parts. It is used as a desiccant for drying air streams. In more specialized applications, lithium chloride finds some use in organic synthesis, e. G. As an additive in the Stille reaction. Also, in biochemical applications, it can be used to precipitate RNA from cellular extracts.
Lithium chloride is also used as a flame colorant to produce dark red flames