Product Specifications
| Prod Model: |
A-L03 |
| Markets: |
North America,Eastern Europe,Southeast Asia,Oceania,Eastern Asia,Western Europe |
| Appearance: |
Powder |
| Grade Standard: |
Industrial Grade |
Product Description
CAS No.: 7550-35-8
EC NO.: 231-439-8
Appearance: White solid; Hygroscopic
Applications
Lithium bromide is used in air-conditioning systems as desiccant. Otherwise the salt is useful as a Reagent in organic synthesis. For example it reversibly forms adducts with some pharmaceuticals.
Medical applications
Lithium bromide was used as a sedative beginning in the early 1900s, but it fell into disfavor in The 1940s when some heart patients died after using it as a salt substitute. Like lithium carbonate And lithium chloride it was used as treatment for bipolar disorder.
Doses as low as 225 mg/day of LiBr can lead to Bromism.
