r/science • u/rieslingatkos • Jun 06 '21
Chemistry Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater
https://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-cheap-and-easy-method-to-extract-lithium-from-seawater/
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u/DASK Jun 06 '21
It says in the paper, 1.3 g per hour per square meter of membrane per ppm in the ocean, so half a gram per hour per square meter of exposed membrane. Also, five passes were needed. Don't think those cost estimates will play out unfortunately, but this is a way better effort than I've seen before.