| Identification | Back Directory | [Name]
LITHIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE | [CAS]
12068-40-5 | [Synonyms]
ALPHA-SPODUMENE
Lithiumaluminiumsilicate
LITHIUM ALUMINUM SILICATE
aluminium lithium silicate
Aluminosilicicacidlithiumsalt
SILICICACID,LITHIUMALUMINIUMSALT
silicicacid(h2sio3),aluminumlithiumsalt(2:1:1) | [EINECS(EC#)]
235-098-6 | [Molecular Formula]
AlLiO10Si4 | [MDL Number]
MFCD00054156 | [MOL File]
12068-40-5.mol | [Molecular Weight]
306.26 |
| Hazard Information | Back Directory | [Chemical Properties]
white powder(s); used in ceramic flux formulations, as a solid electrolyte, and in heat sinks for solar and nuclear applications [FMC93] [STR93] | [Origin of Name]
The name spodumene is derived from the Greek meaning ash-colored, particularly appropriate for the slightly weathered varieties. Hiddenite, the beautiful emerald-green or yellow-green spodumene that is used as a gem,was named for W.E. Hidden. Kunzite, named in honor of George F. Kunz. | [Occurrence]
Spodumene is characteristically a mineral of the pegmatites, and it is found in Sweden, Ireland, Madagascar and Brazil. In the United States it is found especially in the pegmatites of Oxford County, Maine; in the towns of Goshen, Huntington and Chesterfield in western Massachusetts; at Branchville, Connecticut; in North Carolina; in South Dakota in huge crystals and in San Diego and Riverside Counties in California. |
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