Editing Lithium chloride (section)

==Chemical properties==
[[File:FlammenfärbungLi.png|thumb|75px|left|Color produced when lithium chloride is heated]]
The salt forms crystalline [[water of crystallization|hydrates]], unlike the other alkali metal chlorides.<ref>Holleman, A. F.; Wiberg, E. ''Inorganic Chemistry'' Academic Press: San Diego, 2001. {{ISBN|0-12-352651-5}}.</ref>  Mono-, tri-, and pentahydrates are known.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Hönnerscheid Andreas |author2=Nuss Jürgen |author3=Mühle Claus |author4=Jansen Martin | year = 2003 | title = Die Kristallstrukturen der Monohydrate von Lithiumchlorid und Lithiumbromid | journal = Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie | volume = 629 | issue = 2| pages = 312–316 | doi = 10.1002/zaac.200390049 }}</ref>  The anhydrous salt can be regenerated by heating the hydrates. LiCl also absorbs up to four equivalents of [[ammonia]]/mol. As with any other ionic chloride, solutions of lithium chloride can serve as a source of [[chloride]] ion, e.g., forming a precipitate upon treatment with [[silver nitrate]]:
: LiCl + AgNO<sub>3</sub>  →  AgCl + LiNO<sub>3</sub>