What happens when you mix Lithium and Nitrogen?

The only one that can! Lithium meets Nitrogen

Nitrogen is so lazy that almost no metal reacts with it at room temperature. Lithium is the one exception. It slowly turns into dark reddish lithium nitride.

The result

What it makes
Lithium nitride
Equation
6Li + N₂ → 2Li₃N
When it happens
At room temperature

Fun fact from Fizzy: Air is mostly nitrogen, so lithium left out in air slowly turns black!

🥽 Only trained scientists should handle pure lithium.

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