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Chemists invent a more efficient way to extract lithium from mining sites, oil fields, used batteries - EurekAlert


<p>Chemists at the Department of Energy&rsquo;s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a more efficient way to extract lithium from waste liquids leached from mining sites, oil fields and used batteries. They demonstrated that a common mineral can adsorb at least five times more lithium than can be collected using previously developed adsorbent materials.</p>

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