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
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
Lithium carbonateCarbonateLife-cycle assessmentLithium (medication)Environmental scienceProduction (economics)GeochemistryGeologyEarth scienceChemistryMaterials scienceMetallurgyEconomicsMacroeconomicsIonIonic bondingOrganic chemistryMedicineEndocrinologyEnvironmental and Ecological Studies