Lithium metal has low density and is a light metal than other alkali metal and therefore floats on the surface of the kerosene oil. To prevent its contact with air, it is wrapped in paraffin wax.
Why Lithium is store in paraffin wax, not in kerosene oil unlike other alkali metals?
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