How exactly lithium metal is produced? [closed]








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Wikipedia and other sites say that lithium metal is produced by making the electrolysis of a mixture of half lithium chloride and half potassium chloride "at about 450°C"... What is the chemical reaction of this electro-chemical reaction?




The electrolysis is done as a molten salt.


$\ce{LiCl(liquid) ->[LiCl/KCl @ 400-460 C] Li(liquid) + 1/2Cl2(g)}$


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