https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169136820310684
It has the highest known concentration of lithium, averaging 0.14% (or 1400 ppm) lithium equivalent to around 1,680 mg/l due to it 1.2 g/cc density, and is the world’s largest producer of lithium carbonate.
So that's 1.68 grams of Lithium per liter of water.
Your average Tesla car battery has 63 kg of lithium in it, or 63,000 grams.
63,000 grams / 1.68 = 37,500 liters of this water to come out with 63 kg of Li.
3.785 liters in a gallon
So it's 9,907 gallons of water to make a Tesla car battery. The guy was pretty much spot on.
That place is a gold mine with the highest concentrations of Lithium in the world (that we know of).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169136820310684
>It has the highest known concentration of lithium, averaging 0.14% (or 1400 ppm) lithium equivalent to around 1,680 mg/l due to it 1.2 g/cc density, and is the world’s largest producer of lithium carbonate.
So that's 1.68 grams of Lithium per liter of water.
Your average Tesla car battery has 63 kg of lithium in it, or 63,000 grams.
63,000 grams / 1.68 = 37,500 liters of this water to come out with 63 kg of Li.
3.785 liters in a gallon
So it's 9,907 gallons of water to make a Tesla car battery. The guy was pretty much spot on.
That place is a gold mine with the highest concentrations of Lithium in the world (that we know of).
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