Albemarle's Low-Cost Lithium Business Well Positioned to Benefit From Long-Term EV Sales Growth
Globally, lithium carbonate is produced from either lower-cost evaporation of brine or higher-cost mining of spodumene minerals. Albemarle has a cost advantage in lithium carbonate production due to ...
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What is the difference between hard and soft water?
Hard and soft water are different because of the minerals they contain. Hard water has more calcium and magnesium. These water minerals can cause limescale, which clogs pipes and damages machines like ...
NASA’s Asteroid Sample Reveals a Shocking Link Between Space and Earth’s Salt Lakes
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission uncovered a cosmic connection between asteroid Bennu and Earth’s Searles Lake. Both contain minerals formed by evaporating salty water, hinting that Bennu’s parent body once ...
A Lake That Disappeared Holds Clues to Life Beyond Earth
Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...
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Scientists use waste CO2 and microwaves to produce high-energy plasma in seconds
A group of scientists has developed special CO2-derived carbon nanotubes that can generate sustained plasma almost instantly when exposed to microwaves from a standard microwave oven. Plasma is the ...