preference and aversion. Precautions Lithium salts affect the central nervous system in a variety of ways. While the citrate, carbonate, and orotate salts are currently used to treat bipolar disorder, other lithium salts including the chloride were used in the past. For a short time in the 1940s lithium chloride was manufactured as a salt substitute for people with hypertension, but this was prohibited after the toxic effects of the compound (tremors, fatigue, nausea) were recognized. It was, however, noted by J. H. Talbott that many symptoms attributed to lithium chloride toxicity may have also been attributable to sodium chloride deficiency, to the diuretics often administered to patients who were given lithium chloride, or to the patients' underlying conditions. See also Lithium chloride (data page) Solubility table References Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 71st edition, CRC Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990. N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd ed., Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK, 1997. R. Vatassery, titration analysis of LiCl, sat'd in Ethanol by AgNO3 to precipitate AgCl(s). EP of this titration gives %Cl by mass. H. Nechamkin, The Chemistry of the Elements, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1968. External links Radiochemical measurements of activity coefficients, from Betts & MacKenzie, Can. J. Chem. Chlorides Alkali metal chlorides Lithium salts Metal halides Mood stabilizers Desiccants Rock salt crystal structure