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Uses LITHIUM-ION BATTERY

Smartphones run on rechargeable Lithium-ion batteries are widely used in digital devices. They store
batteries that use lithium to store electricity. electrical energy to power gadgets and are rechargeable. This
diagram shows a device’s battery in use; when it is charging, this
process is reversed.

3. As ions move inside the battery,
negatively charged electrons are
pushed through the phone, providing Alkali Metals
the electricity to make it work.
1. Inside the battery,
positively charged
lithium ions move – +
Smartphone from the negative
electrode (-) to the
positive electrode (+). 2. The positive
electrode receives
lithium ions as the
Hale telescope mirror Syringe
battery loses charge.

Lithium-rich grease is
used to keep mechanical
delays the clotting of the blood sample.
parts of engines running Lithium coating on the inside of some syringes
smoothly, even when hot. Some artificial teeth
contain lithium discilate,
Lithium added to the glass which makes them strong.
in this mirror stops the disc
warping at extreme temperatures.

Grease
This car Artificial teeth
runs for at least
This air scrubber used
64 km (40 miles) lithium hydroxide to purify the
on one charge of air inside the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
its lithium-ion
battery.

This charging
point can recharge
an electric car Electric
in one hour. car Air scrubber

telescopes. The main use for lithium is in ones. A soapy compound called lithium stearate
rechargeable batteries. Lithium-ion batteries is used to make grease, which helps automobile
are small but powerful, so they are ideal for engines run smoothly. This element also forms
smartphones and tablet computers. Larger hard ceramics that are used to produce strong
lithium batteries can power electric cars, artificial teeth. Lithium compounds are used
which are less polluting than petrol-powered in some medicines as well. 25

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