From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 2015-08-02 4:33 PM, Norm X wrote:   
   > On 2015-08-02 10:15 AM, Treon Verdery wrote:   
   >> Do you think that lithium with liquid argon could be particlized to   
   >   
   > duoatomic size from the nonreactivity of the liquid gas solvent That would   
   >   
   > produce the higjest surface area electrochemistry thus higher amperage   
   >>   
   >   
   > A traditional recipe for a highly reactive dispersion of sodium calls   
   > for rapid stirring (magnetic stir bar) in refluxing toluene. I think the   
   > eventual product might be considered a colloidal suspension. This works   
   > because the melting point of sodium is ~98 C. and the boiling point of   
   > toluene is 111 C. Liquid argon is too cold. Lithium melts at 180.5 C. I   
   > think you would have better luck making a non-settling dispersion   
   > (colloid) of lithium by adapting the recipe for sodium and selecting a   
   > suitable high boiling organic. I note that naphthalene has a boiling   
   > point of ~218. This is so self-evident to me that I think it has been   
   > done. Look for a recipe in the literature. Take note of the high melting   
   > point of naphthalene, 78.2 C. So instead of a water condenser, one would   
   > use an air condenser. It is always nice to use a trickle of N2 through a   
   > capillary to promote steady boiling and to displace air. Once the   
   > reaction is complete and the apparatus is cold, one could recover highly   
   > reactive Li, first in a nitrogen glove box and then under high vacuum   
   > with gentle heat to remove excess naphthalene. I think a lyophilizer   
   > might be convenient.   
      
   Please note that if you replace N2 with H2 in the sodium recipe you get   
   a method for making sodium hydride. Also note that if you replace N2   
   with H2 in the lithium recipe you get a method for making lithium   
   hydride. Further, if instead you replace H2 with D2 you get a method for   
   making lithium deuteride. Please do not do this at home because Home   
   Land Security gets very upset with people who make fusion fuel H-Bomb   
   materials in the neighborhood.   
      
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