Li shape resonance
How to clean mineral oil of from Li, see discussion below (careful, methanol will react with Li, not suggested, see link after this). And also here
how Lithium/alkali react with alcohol - http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/alcohols/sodium.html
July 6 2012 molten Li react with glass https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1UWcs47ROBd8Di0Tbf8rcKdF68G2H3Hu69ZSoAPp5YfA
then we learned from http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=20125 it is indeed the case
