Table 6 Analytical test data of lithium mixed salt precipitated in cross-year brine mixing laboratory experiment.

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

R

WLC (g)

GLC (%)

WpLC (g)

YLC (%)

Note

1:0

8.10

65.00

5.32

16.10

Winter concentrated brine

1:0.5

12.10

74.90

9.06

31.89

 

1:0.75

12.80

72.56

9.29

34.44

 

1:1

10.90

70.54

7.69

29.56

 

1:1.25

9.20

73.38

6.75

26.77

 

1:1.5

9.70

70.90

6.88

27.99

 

1:2

7.50

69.16

5.19

21.97

 

0:1

3.00

63.36

1.90

10.00

Summer brine

  1. R: volume ratio of winter concentrated brine to summer brine; WLC: weight of lithium mixed salt, g; GLC: grade of lithium mixed salt, %; WpLC: weight of pure lithium carbonate, g; YLC: yield of lithium carbonate, %.