US Patent Issued to TERRALITHIUM on March 18 for "Preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,409, issued on March 18, was assigned to TERRALITHIUM LLC (Houston).

"Preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines" was invented by Stephen Harrison (Benicia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a method for the preparation of lithium carbonate from lithium chloride containing brines. The method can include a silica removal step, capturing lithium chloride, recovering lithium chloride, supplying lithium chloride to an electrochemical cell and producing lithium hydroxide, contacting the lithium hydroxide with carbon dioxide to produce lithium carbonate."

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