Table 2 Test data of Li+ and CO32- concentrations in brine before and after heating under different brine mixing ratios in same-year brine mixing laboratory experiment.

From: Study on the application of brine mixing method in lithium extraction from Zabuye salt lake, Tibet

R

CbLi+ (g/L)

CbCO32− (g/L)

CaLi+ (g/L)

CaCO32− (g/L)

Note

1:0

1.93

25.44

1.91

24.18

Winter tail brine

1:0.5

1.85

34.80

1.82

35.38

 

1:0.75

1.82

37.47

1.65

37.12

 

1:1

1.81

39.48

1.67

39.51

 

1:1.25

1.79

41.04

1.42

41.06

 

1:1.5

1.78

42.29

1.45

41.51

 

1:2

1.77

44.16

1.41

43.45

 

0:1

1.69

53.52

1.12

50.29

Summer concentrated brine

  1. R: volume ratio of winter tail brine to summer concentrated brine; CbLi+: concentration of Li+ in brine before heating after brine mixing, g/L; CbCO32−: concentration of CO32- in brine before heating after brine mixing, g/L; CaLi+: concentration of Li+ in brine after heating, g/L; CaCO32−: concentration of CO32- in brine after heating, g/L.
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