How to Use lithium in a Sentence

lithium

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  • About two-thirds of the world’s lithium comes from mines.
    — Joe McDonald, oregonlive, 28 June 2023
  • In the process, the mineral absorbed much of the lithium.
    — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The pruner runs on a rechargeable and long-lasting 2.0 Ah lithium battery.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • Estimates state that around 180 billion tons of lithium are found in the oceans.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The fire was caused by a lithium ion battery, officials said.
    — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This gives the batteries a much longer lifetime than lithium ion.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The United States has some of the world's largest lithium reserves, as in South America, dissolved in brine.
    — Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Tens of thousands of barrels of brine will be needed for each ton of lithium produced.
    — Aaron Gettinger, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Aside from the power drill, the set includes two lithium ion batteries, a charger, and a nifty tool bag.
    — Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Shift too many of those lithium ions out of the lithium cobalt oxide layer, and the whole structure of the layer messes up.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The deposit of lithium being developed there is set to be the largest in the country, according to Imerys.
    — Michelle Toh, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • Most of the time, they’re set so only around half of the lithium in the lithium cobalt oxide layer is removed during one full charge.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The brush also runs on a long-lasting lithium ion battery which requires less charging to get your teeth and braces sparkling clean.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The system is backed up by a lithium battery bank which delivers six hours of silent cruising.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The vessel is equipped with a diesel-electric propulsion system and lithium battery banks.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Jaguar’s sales have been sluggish for years, and the automaker has decided that the only way to dig itself out is through lithium mines.
    — Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Investors have a new reason to like Australian lithium stocks: takeover action.
    — Stephen Wilmot, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2023
  • In London, the fire brigade says lithium batteries are the city’s fastest growing fire risk, with one fire erupting about every two days.
    — Bobby Caina Calvan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
  • Its lithium polymer batteries give it a flight time of 18 minutes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 10 July 2023
  • This Edge also used a lithium ion battery that was meant to provide about 50 miles of driving range and a fuel cell as a range extender.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In the search for the lithium that will power our future, these three women see a bigger lesson How do lithium-ion battery fires start?
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The included lithium battery and charger kit offer 3 to 7 hours of runtime.
    — Nancy Jo Adams, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
  • And then there were over one hundred thousand vape pens that obviously had the lithium batteries in them.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The batteries are lithium iron phosphate (LFP), says Vo, which are safer with have a longer life cycle than batteries used in most electric cars.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 18 Dec. 2023
  • At least until recently, China was also on track to control a third of the global lithium supply by next year.
    — Alina Clough, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
  • It wasn’t lost on me that lithium was the drug my grandmother Jean, who later committed suicide, had been put on in Mandeville.
    — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Musk talks about a clear path forward for procuring enough lithium to satisfy the EV industry’s growing hunger.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The latest is a center for the production of lithium using solar energy.
    — Zdenka Myslikova, Fortune, 8 July 2023
  • Second, solid-state chemistries will enable battery makers to use lithium metal in the anode.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Albemarle also has plans to reopen a dormant lithium mine in Kings Mountain.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024

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