How to Use lithium carbonate in a Sentence

lithium carbonate

noun

• An electric current strips carbon atoms from the lithium carbonate and adds heat that sustains the reaction.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 19 Sep. 2019
• Each gigawatt-hour of grid-scale storage requires about 880 tons of lithium carbonate.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
• All key battery metals have seen prices advance over the past year, with lithium carbonate in China more than doubling.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2021
• The process relies on a type of molten salt known as lithium carbonate, or Li2CO3.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2018
• Both lithium carbonate and hydroxide can be used in lithium-ion batteries.
  — Micah Maidenberg, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
• Lithium demand has been soaring, with prices for lithium carbonate rising by over 4x over the past 12 months.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• The Li2O, meanwhile, reacts with carbon dioxide in the air and re-forms the lithium carbonate salt.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 May 2018
• Scrap and spent batteries can enter the facility and emerge as refined lithium carbonate.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
• Demand for lithium carbonate is also expanding as battery storage grows.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
• The byproducts include lithium carbonate, which Li-Cycle can sell back into the battery supply chain.
  — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2020
• More commonly used for health purposes, lithium carbonate is often used in tandem with treatment of mental health disorders.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2018
• Pools of brine containing lithium carbonate and mounds of salt bi-product stretch through a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
  — WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
• It can be refined into lithium hydroxide or lithium carbonate — the battery-grade chemicals used in lithium-ion batteries.
  — Ray Mwayera, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026
• Tianqi expects demand for lithium resources to improve on a slew of stimulus measures, adding that there have been signs of slight rebound in lithium carbonate prices as of July.
  — Annie Lee, Bloomberg.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• The average price of lithium carbonate has been erratic - halving before doubling again, and this has made investors wary of investing in new capacity.
  — Neil Winton, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
• Australia is the world's largest producer of lithium carbonate, the stable salt that is refined into the highly reactive lithium metal used in batteries.
  — Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
• Production emissions for 1 metric ton of lithium carbonate, for example, are three times higher than that of steel, the IEA report says.
  — Shel Evergreen, Ars Technica, 2 May 2022
• Lithium remains in a viscous yellow green pool, which SQM converts into powdery white lithium carbonate for battery makers abroad.
  — New York Times, 28 Dec. 2021
• Lithium prices have soared, with spot prices for lithium carbonate surging by almost 70% year-to-date, and by roughly 4x over the past year, driven by strong demand for EVs.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• In a few years, the company plans to upgrade the facility to produce lithium carbonate, which contains a much higher concentration of lithium than the raw metal extracted from the ground.
  — Jack Ewing Brendan George Ko For The New York Times, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2022
• An image provided by Neptune Energy shows lithium carbonate.
  — Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
• The deal covers all lithium carbonate planned from the upcoming Project Headwaters plant in the American Midwest.
  — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
• The project will use direct lithium extraction (DLE) and purification to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
• Its existing production line can make 2,500 metric tons of lithium carbonate annually.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
• Lithium chemicals such as lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate are key ingredients in many rechargeable batteries used in electric cars and energy storage systems.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
• Project Headwaters aims to start operating in 2028 with an initial output of 250 metric tons of lithium carbonate.
  — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
• Prices of lithium carbonate, used in cathodes, have doubled year-to-date, according to research firm Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 22 July 2021
• The company expects the Georgia facility to produce more than half of US lithium carbonate output in 2027.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
• If that happens, Ford will be able to source lithium mined and processed in the United States and thus less reliant on global supply chains for lithium carbonate that are largely dominated by China.
  — David Blackmon, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• The company has also announced a long-term agreement to supply 600 tonnes of lithium carbonate annually beginning in 2027.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026