08-15-02 16:58
No 345662
SWIM was about to toss his 'only holds a charge for 5 minutes' useless laptop battery in the trash, when he noticed it was a lithium-ion battery pack.
Would it be worth anything for lithium recovery for a certain german style reduction?
(Old P2P Cook)
08-16-02 03:29
No 345851
I have done some searching for info about the Li-ion tech and my impression was that these batteries did not have any sort of recoverable strip of lithium metal.
(Hive Bee)
08-16-02 09:42
No 345938
Thought the same thing with the laptop batteries...So the disection commenced. A very wide and long strip was obtained. (Actually, two strips of unknown identity).
A small piece of both strips was removed from the strips in the NP. Patted lightly with a paper towel, and then thrown into a bowl of water. One of the strips instantly started skipping on the surface of the water and displayed the exact same chariteristics as Li from a known source.
Now on to step two: Actually trying the obtained strips in a actual rxn.
Why is there never any positive news stories about drugs?
(Old P2P Cook)
08-21-02 07:42
No 347250
Thought the same thing with the laptop batteries...So the disection commenced. A very wide and long strip was obtained. (Actually, two strips of unknown identity).
Well, if it was a Li-ion battery then neither of the strips was pure lithium metal.
In Li-ion batteries the lithium is stored in "intercalated" form - interspersed with carbon atoms in a sort of crystal. I suppose that in a charged Li-ion battery that this intercalated lithium might be available for use in a Birch.
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http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/batt
The parent URL of the above:
http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/batt
(Hive Addict)
08-21-02 20:12
No 347404
Much easier and cheaper to obtain it from lithium carbonate.
Yes, That pic really is me!
(Old P2P Cook)
08-22-02 03:53
No 347538
Much easier and cheaper to obtain it from lithium carbonate.
Please, tell us how.