I'm looking for about a kg of technical grade lithium chloride but all I'm finding is very expensive lab grade. I looked at pottery shops for
carbonate which I could react with HCl and even that is $80 for 500g. Also did a quick search for oxide, hydroxide, acetate and sulfate. Any other
ideas?
[Edited on 10-11-2022 by Gammatron]B(a)P - 11-10-2022 at 15:14
Yeah I can buy it in the US for less than that but its still outrageously expensive given that I got 20kg of KCl for $40. I don't understand why Li is
so uncommon and expensive compared to the other alkali salts. B(a)P - 11-10-2022 at 15:40
Everyone wants to put it in batteries paulll - 11-10-2022 at 15:41
Yeah I can buy it in the US for less than that but its still outrageously expensive given that I got 20kg of KCl for $40. I don't understand why Li is
so uncommon and expensive compared to the other alkali salts.
Crustal abundance and production of Na and K are orders of magnitude higher than Li.
Supply-and-demand, and commoditisation...
[Edited on 11-10-2022 by paulll]Σldritch - 11-10-2022 at 16:07
Let's hope the financial crisis cleans up the electric vehicle companies so that there is an oversupply of Lithium for awhile. I'm not sure I would
bet on it getting much cheaper, though, seeing as most fiat seems to be hyperinflating. Gammatron - 11-10-2022 at 17:09
I thought the battery industry and supply and demand had a lot to do with it but I just thought it'd be a little easier to find some cheapj_sum1 - 11-10-2022 at 20:09
How much do you need?
You could join the SM secret santa and pop it on your list.
(Hint hint.)Gammatron - 11-10-2022 at 20:23
I keep forgetting! I'm always at work when I think about it but since I'm home now I will sign up. Thanks for the reminder lol
I want to use it for molten salt electrolysis so .5kg would be a good amount to start with.
