Lithium
This is the front side of the game card for Lillian the Dragon with the Lithium Tipped Tail. Click the pic to take a look at all the fun info on the back. Use it as a memorization tool, a trading card or as science class prizes and rewards.
Get the single element book – Lithium Presented by Lillian the Dragon.
Article – The Element Lithium https://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele003.html
Article – About antimonyhhttps://www.britannica.com/science/lithium-chemical-element
Article & History – Lithium Element Facts https://www.chemicool.com/elements/lithium.html
Facts – About Lithium, History, and Uses – https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/3/lithium
Facts – 10 Cool Facts – https://www.thoughtco.com/lithium-element-facts-608237
Facts – Lithium Deposits – https://www.statista.com/statistics/268790/countries-with-the-largest-lithium-reserves-worldwide/#:~:text=Chile%20has%20the%20largest%20lithium,million%20metric%20tons%20in%202022.
Facts – uses of lithium https://techiescientist.com/uses-of-lithium/
Wiki – Lithium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium
Facts – Lithium https://mineralseducationcoalition.org/minerals-database/lithium/
Article – How Lithium-ion Batteries Work https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/articles/how-lithium-ion-batteries-work
Article – lithium-batteries-uses-and-applications https://ecotreelithium.co.uk/news/lithium-batteries-uses-and-applications/
Facts – About Lithium key facts https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/lithium
Facts – Lithium Facts https://facts.net/lithium-facts/
Article – Lithium in Child and Adolescent Bipolar Disorder https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp-rj.2017.120202
Article – World Lithium Supply http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/eason2/
Facts – Lithium – the hype continues https://www.schott.com/en-ro/lithium
Facts – Lithium Uses: Glass and Ceramics https://ultralithium.com/lithium-uses-glass-ceramics/
Wiki – Lithium (medication) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_(medication)
Facts – Anomalous Properties of Lithium https://unacademy.com/content/cbse-class-12/study-material/chemistry/chemistry/anomalous-properties-of-lithium/
Facts – is lithium magnetic https://magnetisle.com/is-lithium-magnetic/
Fact – lithium https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/3/lithium
video – Lithium – The Lightest Metal on Earth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvOvVuQcRRI
Video – Lithium 101 | National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byGE-bhNzOY
Links and Notes for Lillian’s chemistry inspired magical abilities:
Lithium-ion batteries and energy storage (the battery-grid vault, lithium-alloy cells, the siphoning of stored charge):
- DOE Explains…Batteries — U.S. Department of Energy
- How does a lithium-Ion battery work? — Let’s Talk Science
- Lithium-Ion Battery Components, Diagram and Working Principle — Ossila
- Battery University BU-204: How do Lithium Batteries Work?
Basic element chemistry of lithium (Element 3, its reactivity, its “energy-dense” framing as elemental magic):
- Lithium — Britannica
- Lithium — Wikipedia
- Lithium (Z=3) — Chemistry LibreTexts
- Lithium — Element information, properties and uses — Royal Society of Chemistry Periodic Table
Lithium carbonate as a real chemical compound (the vial Lillian synthesizes as the “shutdown key,” and her closing line “it’s just what lithium does — it stabilizes”):
- Lithium (medication) — Wikipedia
- The role of lithium in the treatment of bipolar disorder — PMC/NIH
- Lithium Carbonate: Uses, Interactions, Mechanism of Action — DrugBank
- Potential mechanisms of action of lithium in bipolar disorder — PubMed
Lithium carbonate really is the compound used clinically as a mood stabilizer — this is real science hiding behind Lillian’s line that lithium “stabilizes,” since that’s literally its established pharmacological role.
Where lithium comes from in nature (For the “lithium-slate deposits” Lillian senses underground, or Ashfen’s mineral geology):
- How is lithium mined? — MIT Climate Portal
- Lithium Brines: Origin, Characteristics, and Global Distribution — Economic Geology / GeoScienceWorld
- A Preliminary Deposit Model for Lithium Brines — USGS
Magitek / science-magic fusion as a genre category (directly matches the story’s premise of elemental magic layered onto batteries, grids, and engineering — “old world and new world holding hands”). How the story’s “electrochemical magic” concept sits within established fantasy writing conventions::
- Magitek — TV Tropes
- The Magitek Trope In Sci-fi And Fantasy, Explained — Game Rant
- Science Fantasy — Tropedia
- Aetherpunk, Magitech, and Technomancy: What’s the difference? — Chaotican Writer
Hard magic systems with internal rules
- Sanderson’s First Law — Brandon Sanderson
- A Definitive Guide to Sanderson’s Laws of Magic — Brandon Sanderson
- Hard vs. Soft Magic Systems — Tomeworks Editing
- The Spectrum of Magic Systems: Science Meets Mysticism — Jon Cronshaw
Electrokinesis as a specific power trope (Lillian’s lightning bolts, energy barriers, and electromagnetic disruption pulses):
