Lithium orthosilicate is a compound with the

chemical formula In chemistry, a chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbol ...

Li₄SiO₄. It is a white ceramic compound, which melts congruently at a temperature of . Lithium orthosilicate is of primary interest towards carbon dioxide capture, as this compound reacts with CO₂ at elevated temperatures to form lithium carbonate, and has been implemented in limited scale in such applications. Further applications of Li₄SiO₄ include solid electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries, specifically solid state batteries,Thin Film Lithium Battery using Stable Solid Electrolyte Li4SiO4 Fabricated by PLD
and

tritium Tritium ( or , ) or hydrogen-3 (symbol T or H) is a rare and radioactive isotope of hydrogen with half-life about 12 years. The nucleus of tritium (t, sometimes called a ''triton'') contains one proton and two neutrons, whereas the nucleus of ...

breeding materials, as a component of the

breeding blanket The tritium breeding blanket (also known as a fusion blanket, lithium blanket or simply blanket), is a key part of many proposed fusion reactor designs. It serves several purposes; one is to act as a cooling mechanism, absorbing the energy from the ...

for planned fusion energy systems such as ITER.

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{{Lithium compounds Silicates Lithium compounds

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