“I was discovered on the Swedish island of Utö by the Brazilian, Jozé Bonifácio de Andralda e Silva in the 1790s. I was observed to give an intense crimson flame when thrown onto a fire. In 1817, Johan August Arfvedson of Stockholm analysed it and deduced I contained a previously unknown metal, which he called lithium. He realised I am a new alkali
metal and a lighter version of sodium.”
metal and a lighter version of sodium.”