LITHIUM AND MOLYBDENUM

LITHIUM AND MOLYBDENUM

WHAT IS LITHIUM?

• It is a chemical element.
• It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal.
• It is the lightest metal.
• It is also the lightest solid element.
• It is highly reactive and flammable.
• It never occurs freely in nature.

WHAT ARE ITS USES?

• It is used in Electric Vehicle batteries.
• Used as backup in electric storage systems.
• In glass and ceramics
• As rocket fuel
• In lasers

WHERE ARE LITHIUM RESERVES IN INDIA?
Geological Survey of India (GSI) has carried out 7 projects:

• Arunachal Pradesh
•  Andhra Pradesh
• Chhattisgarh
• Jharkhand
• Jammu & Kashmir
• Rajasthan

WHERE ARE LITHIUM RESERVES IN THE WORLD?

WHAT IS MOLYBDENUM?

• From Greek word Molybdos which means lead.
• It is a silvery-white metal.
•  It has one of the highest melting points of all pure elements.

WHAT ARE USES OF MOLYBDENUM?

• It is one of the greatest alloying agents.
• It improves the strength of steel.
• It is used as fertilizer for plants with Molybdenum deficiency.
• It is used as catalyst for the petroleum industry.

WHERE ARE MOLYBDENUM RESERVES IN INDIA?

• 10.98 million tonnes ore is located in Tamil Nadu.
• Karnataka
• Madhya Pradesh

WHERE ARE MOLYBDENUM RESERVES IN THE WORLD?