Lithium

Critical Metals Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 230-260

  Evans, Keith ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental brines; Hectorite; Jadarite; Lithium; Pegmatites

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; GRANITE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LITHIUM; MICA; PETROLEUM PROSPECTING; SILICATE MINERALS;

DOMINANT PRODUCT; GEOTHERMAL BRINES; HECTORITES; HIGH REACTIVITY; JADARITE; MINERAL CONCENTRATES; OILFIELD BRINES; PEGMATITES;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84964975536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118755341.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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