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Rice study tests MOF recovery of rare earths from wastewater
A Rice University study found that a ligand-modified metal-organic framework adsorbed three rare earth elements from wastewater despite iron at 100 times their concentration.
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At the Heart of Batteries - Extracting Lithium With DLE
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Desalination Brine: The Salty Waste Stream Becoming a Mine for Lithium, Magnesium and Clean Energy
Every liter of freshwater produced by a desalination plant leaves behind roughly 1.5 to 2.0 liters of brine, a hypersaline concentrate that can carry up to twice the salt load of seawater. For decades this effluent has been treated as an unavoidable…
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Magnetic Nickel Ferrite Nanocatalyst Slashes Synthesis Time for Valuable
Chemists at the University of Kashan have unveiled a new magnetic nanocatalyst that can build a family of industrially valuable organic molecules in as little as ten minutes, using nothing more exotic than ethanol, ultrasound, and a magnet. The material,…
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Rust, Air and Ammonia: Scalable Route Boosts Rare-Earth-Free Iron Nitride
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Residual Minerals Help Tailor Coal-Derived Porous Carbon for Adsorption and Energy Storage
A recent study, published as an Article in Press by Scientific Reports, examines how residual mineral species are associated with changes in the structure and performance of porous carbon derived from Taixi anthracite. The study compares hydrochloric acid (HCl), sodium…
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IITGN Researchers Develops MOF Method to Clean Wastewater, Recover Rare Earths
GANDHINAGAR: What if wastewater could be cleaned while simultaneously recovering valuable metals hidden in discarded electronics? Researchers from IIT Gandhinagar, the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham have developed a protocol that seeks to do precisely that, using…
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Office of Geothermal Project Spotlight: Targeted Extraction of Lithium with Electroactive Particles and Electrodialysis
Project Lead: University of Virginia The Targeted Extraction of Lithium with Electroactive Particles and Electrodialysis project, led by the University of Virginia, is working to advance direct lithium extraction technology to enable sustainable and efficient domestic production of battery-grade lithium…
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Is this how to get lithium without ruining the planet?
DW.com Is this how to get lithium without ruining the planet? A company in southwestern Germany is testing a new way to produce lithium for batteries: extracting it from hot underground geothermal brine. The process generates renewable heat and…
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Green Solvents and Ball Mills Team Up to Pull Valuable Lutein from
Lutein, the golden-yellow pigment that accumulates in the human retina and shields our eyes from damaging light, has long been harvested the hard way: from marigold petals grown seasonally, picked and separated by hand. Now researchers have unveiled a greener,…
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The chemistry of separating and recovering rare earths, lithium and other critical metals: extraction methods, selective ligands and recycling chemistry.
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