• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Synonyms:

Spodumene powder LiAl(Si03)2, spodumene, spodumene lithium aluminum silicate, spodumene  LiAlSi032, lithium aluminum silicate, spodumene ore, alpha-spodumene, triphane, cas# 1302-66-5, RTECS 1003279MO,

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Formula:

LiAl(Si0₃)₂

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Description:

A monoclinic member of the pyroxene group. the color is variable, being nearly white in the low iron variety and dark green in iron-rich crystals. When clear, spodumene is considered a gemstone. Three varieties are known: hiddenite (the green variety), triphane (the yellow variety), and kunzite (the lilac-colored variety). It is the most abundant source of lithium

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Chemical Properties Available:

Theoretically, it may contain up to 3.7% Li, but the actual lithium concentrations range from 1.35 to 3.56%

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Physical Properties Available:

Hardness: 6.5 to 7.5

Durability: brittle

Specific Gravity: 3.0- 3.2

Crystal Structure: Monoclinic

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Standard Grades Available:

1) Grade Name: 7.25% grade

Li20 Content= 7.25% + 0.1% and Al2O3= 24.0% min.

Nominal Granulation (Tyler): 20 x 325 mesh

2) Grade Name: Minus 200 mesh

Li2O Content= 7.10% + 0.2% and Al2O3= 25.0%

Granulation: 10% maximum 200 mesh

3) Grade Name: 6.8% grade

Li2O Content= 6.8% min. and Al2O3= 23.0% min.

Typical Granulation: 80% plus 200 mesh

4) Grade Name: Spodulite

Li2O Content= 5.00% min. and Al2O3= 20.0% typical

Typical Granulation: 80% plus 200 mesh  

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Typical Applications:

1) An important industrial source of lithium and its salts. Also used in cookware, glazes, TV screens, specialty glass, steelmaking, and in tiles.

2) Spodumene is an important source of lithium for use in ceramics, mobile phone and automotive batteries, medicine and as a fluxing agent. Lithium is extracted from spodumene by fusing in acid.

3) World production of lithium via spodumene is around 80,000 metric tonnes per annum, primarily from the Greenbushes pegmatite of Western Australia, and some Chinese and Chilean sources. The Talison mine in Greenbushes, Western Australia has an estimated reserve of 13 million tonnes.

4) Spodumene is becoming a less important source of lithium due to the emergence of alkaline brine lake sources in Chile, China and Argentina, which produce lithium chloride directly. Lithium chloride is converted to lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide by reaction with sodium carbonate and calcium hydroxide respectively. Update Date: 15 June 2010

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate Packaging:

Bulk bags, loose bulk and sometimes to your specification

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Listed. For further information please call the E.P.A. at +1.202.554.1404

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate CAS Number:

CAS# 1302-66-5

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate NIOSH (RTECS) Number:

1003279MO NIOSH (RTECS) Number: 1003279MO

• Spodumene Powder / Lithium Aluminum Silicate UN Number:

Unknown