The Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements - hosted by lalu

Li - Lithium
Lithium is a very soft alkali metal and the lightest solid element. Like all alkali metals it's highly reactive and therefore doesn't occur naturally in its elemental form. It also doesn't seem to have any biological uses, but at least it's pretty: Lithium salts burn with a crimson to hot pink flame, that's why it's one of my favourite cations in flame tests.

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