Assertion: lithium | /r/CapableOf | react with nitrogen
Facets:
value: to form lithium nitride
type: PURPOSE
value: almost immediately
type: MANNER
value: in the air
type: LOCATION
value: to form black lithium oxide
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Lithium is the only alkali metal that reacts with nitrogen.
text: Lithium is very reactive, reacting almost immediately with the oxygen in the air to form black lithium oxide.
text: Lithium also reacts with nitrogen, N 2 , to form lithium nitride, Li 3 N. None of the other Gruop 1 elements do anything similar, but magnesium (Gruop 2) similarly forms a nitride.