Reducing foreign lithium dependence through co-production of lithium from geothermal brine

Lithium Use in Batteries: Demand and Supply Considerations

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 61-73

  Klein, Kerry ^a   Gaines, Linda ^a  

^a New West Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery recycling; Electric drive vehicles; Imperial Valley; lithium ion batteries; Mineral extraction; silica; Strategic metals; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015489964     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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