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We're asked to balance a chemical reaction between lithium and liquid water.
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Now, according to most periodic tables, lithium is identified as a solid, being a metal, at room temperature.
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Now, one thing that's helpful to know is that lithium is an alkali metal.
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And alkali metals form a predictable trend.
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Anytime they're placed in water, it will form the metal hydroxide, and the metal hydroxide form of lithium.
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Is l -i -o -h.
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Since lithium tends to give up one electron and hydroxide has the chemical formula oh -n negative.
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There is also a large amount of hydrogen gas that gets released when this happens.
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The lithium hydroxide itself will be dissolved in water, so we'll identify it as aqueous.
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Next up, we should balance this.
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We are short on hydrogen...