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Environmental and life cycle assessment of lithium carbonate production from Chilean Atacama brines

Zijing He, Anna Korre, G. H. Kelsall, Zhenggang Nie, Melanie Colet-Lagrille

RSC Sustainability · 2024 · 20 citations · 43 references

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A detailed up-to-date life cycle inventory of Li 2 CO 3 production from brine is established and several environmental impacts has been analysed.

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