Recovery of lithium from Uyuni salar brine

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-70

  An, Jeon Woong ^a   Kang, Dong Jun ^a   Tran, Khuyen Thi ^b   Kim, Myong Jun ^b   Lim, Tuti ^c   Tran, Tam ^b  

^a Technology Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Boron; Calcium; High purity lithium carbonate; Removal of magnesium and sulphate; Uyuni salar brine

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH PURITY; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; LITHIUM CARBONATES; MGO; SULPHATES; TWO STAGE;

ADSORPTION; BORON; BRINES; CALCINATION; CALCIUM; EVAPORATION; GYPSUM; LIME; MAGNESIUM; METAL RECOVERY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84862827097     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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