Lithium (BCC)
allotrope
Li
The body-centred cubic form of the lightest metal — the basis of lithium-ion batteries
← Allotrope of Lithium
This is the crystal structure of the metal that powers every smartphone and electric car battery in the world.
A crystalline allotrope of Lithium (space group Im-3m), sourced from the Crystallography Open Database (COD 9011560).
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Crystallography
| Catalogue identity | Lithium — Im-3m |
| Formula | Li |
| Crystal system | cubic |
| Space group | Im-3m |
| Lattice (a, b, c) Å | 3.161, 3.161, 3.161 |
| Angles (α, β, γ) ° | 90, 90, 90 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 0.73 |
Structure data: Crystallography Open Database · Public domain (CC0)