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To test for lithium hydroxide, you can use a pH indicator strip to check for alkalinity, or use a flame test to observe a characteristic red flame color that lithium compounds emit when burned. Additionally, you can perform a chemical reaction with an acid to confirm the presence of lithium ions by identifying the resulting lithium salt.
There will be no reaction between the lithium and the potassium hydroxide. However, since the potassium hydroxide is in solution, the lithium will still react with the water to form lithium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. 2Li + H2O --> H2 + LiOH.
Sulfuric acid reacts with lithium hydroxide in a neutralization reaction to form lithium sulfate and water.
When strontium hydroxide and lithium phosphate react, they form strontium phosphate and lithium hydroxide. This is a double displacement reaction where the cations and anions of the two compounds switch partners. Strontium phosphate is an insoluble compound, while lithium hydroxide is soluble in water.
Lithium hydroxide is a stronger base (dissociates more completely) than ammonium hydroxide.
Lithium react violent with water and lithium hydroxide and hydrogen are formed.