LITHIUM-6

Definition

ChEBI: Lithium-6 atom is the stable isotope of lithium with relative atomic mass 6.015122, 7.5 atom percent natural abundance and nuclear spin 1.

General Description

Lithium-⁶Li is an isolated and enriched isotope of lithium that is majorly used in fusion reactors. It is an important element in isotope separation study and can be sperated in large scale by using amalgam method. It is incorpoared as a blanket material for deuterium tritium fusion power reactor.