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“How much seawater would need to be processed to obtain 1 gram of lithium?”
by Cheyana 3y ago
“How much seawater would need to be processed to obtain 1 gram of lithium?”
- beeburrt 3y agoInteresting, what was the response?
- joebiden2 3y agoThe concentration of lithium in seawater is quite low, approximately 0.17 milligrams per liter (mg/L) or 0.17 parts per million (ppm). To determine how much seawater is needed to obtain 1 gram of lithium, you can set up a proportion: Given: 1 liter of seawater = 0.17 mg of lithium x liters of seawater = 1,000 mg (1 gram) of lithium Using cross-multiplication: x = (1,000 mg * 1 liter) / 0.17 mg x ≈ 5,882.35 liters Thus, you would need to process approximately 5,882.35 liters (or about 5.88 cubic meters) of seawater to obtain 1 gram of lithium. In practice, extracting lithium from seawater is more challenging due to its low concentration and the presence of other elements. Techniques have been proposed and researched, but as of my last update in 2021, they were not commercially competitive with other sources of lithium like mineral deposits.
- beeburrt 3y agoI wonder is there's a certain depth at which contains higher concentrations