Preliminary design and analysis of recovery of lithium from brine with the use of a selective extractant

Vi-Duong Dang and Meyer Steinberg

Energy, 1978, vol. 3, issue 3, 325-336

Abstract: Lithium requirements for battery and controlled thermonuclear fusion reactor uses in the next few decades may exceed the current availability of the mineral and brine reserves. It is thus prudent to search for new reserves and resources to satisfy these and other lithium applications in the future. It has been reported that the lithium content of smackover oilfield waters ranges in the order of 100–500 mg/l, and thus could represent a substantial reserve. A method is proposed to extract lithium from this source.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(78)90029-4

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