Although lithium occurs more commonly in the earth's crust than lead or tin, it is one of the least known of the lesser used metals. Demand for it prior to World War l was almost nil, but with the great technological advances that always accompany warfare it fast became important in numerous applications. Lithium was first discovered (1) by Arfvedsen in Sweden in 1817 while analyzing a sample of petalite – a lithium aluminum silicate. It was named after the Greek "litheos", meaning "stony", because it was thought to occur only in minerals.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110067 |
| Date | January 1955 |
| Creators | Sharratt, Harold. J. |
| Contributors | MacEwan, J. (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Engineering. (Department of Engineering.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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