Lithium extraction from Chinese salt-lake brines: opportunities, challenges, and future outlook

2017254 citationsJournal Article

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Jian Song · Shanghai Advanced Research Institute

Long D. Nghiem · University of Wollongong

Tao He · Shanghai Advanced Research Institute

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Chinese salt-lake brine is mainly of the magnesium sulfate subtype with a high Mg/Li ratio. To extract high purity lithium chloride from Chinese brine has been a decade-long challenge. This review summarizes the state-of-the-art of lithium extraction from Chinese salt-lake brine.

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Extraction and Separation Processes Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

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Published in: Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. 593-597

DOI: 10.1039/c7ew00020k

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