Lithium chloride

Lithium chloride is a hygroscopic properties.

Chemical properties

The salt forms crystalline hydrates, unlike a other alkali metal chlorides. Mono-, tri-, as living as pentahydrates are known. The anhydrous salt can be regenerated by heating the hydrates. LiCl also absorbs up to four equivalents of ammonia/mol. As with all other ionic chloride, solutions of lithium chloride can serve as a source of chloride ion, e.g., forming a precipitate upon treatment with silver nitrate: