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‘Green’ battery recycling technique allows for massive recovery of aluminum, lithium

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | October 17, 2023 | 4:49 pm

The crushed contents of a spent car battery cell, in the form of a finely ground black powder (dish on the left), are dissolved in a transparent liquid – oxalic acid. Then, the black mixture is filtered. The aluminum and lithium end up in the (greenish blue) liquid, while the other metals remain in the dark “solids” dish (on the right).

Story: ‘Green’ battery recycling technique allows for massive recovery of aluminum, lithium

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