Lithium chloride, molecular formula LiCl, molecular weight 42.39.
It is a white crystal with deliquescence.Salty taste, soluble in water, ethanol, acetone, pyridine and other organic solvents.Belongs to the low poison kind, but has the intense stimulation and the corrosion function to the eye and the mucous membrane.
Lithium chloride is mainly used in the field of air conditioning, as a flux, desiccant, chemical reagent, and used in fireworks, dry batteries and lithium metal.