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What is the formula of lithium nitride?

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Lithium nitride contains the $N^{3 -}$ ion. And lithium is one of the few materials that will directly fix dinitrogen:
$3 L i + \frac{1}{2} N_{2} \to L i_{3} N$
What do you think would happen if you mixed lithium nitride with water?

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