Cradle to Gate
Identity ID
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Materials
Associated ID
593e0b8b-1f9c-4a55-9785-a0e845b4ac68
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Description
It is mainly used as a refrigerant, and can also be used as a flux, desiccant, chemical reagent, etc.; it is also used for manufacturing fireworks, dry batteries and metallic lithium, among others; Lithium chloride (i.e. hydrogen bromide) is modelled as a pure substance; when modelling this substance, the user is required to add a solvent of their choice in the model. The dataset includes the main raw and auxiliary materials, energy and pollutant emissions of the production process, in which the preliminary treatment of wastewater in the utility/auxiliary processes and the waste-gas treatment process are included within the dataset boundary, while infrastructure such as the manufacture of production equipment and plant construction is not included within the dataset boundary; the data inventory is formed by merging data from multiple sources; the production activities of this product include feeding and neutralization, concentration and crystallization, centrifugal separation, drying and other processes.
Activity Description
The production process of this product includes feeding and neutralization, concentration and crystallization, centrifugal separation, drying, and other steps.
Process Description
Lithium chloride, chemical formula: LiCl, CAS number is 7447-41-8. It is white crystal under normal temperature and pressure conditions and has deliquescent properties. It tastes salty and is easily soluble in water, ethanol, acetone, pyridine and other organic solvents. The aqueous solution is neutral or slightly alkaline. Mainly used as refrigerant, it can also be used as flux, desiccant, chemical reagent, etc. It is also used in the manufacture of fireworks, dry batteries and metallic lithium.
Time period
2016
2026
Geography
China
Macroeconomic value
Business-as-Usual
Data validation
Yes
Technology
Current Technology
Technology comment
The synthesis of lithium chloride in this process uses lithium water in the lithium water tank as raw material, and uses industrial hydrochloric acid to prepare a nearly saturated lithium chloride solution in a neutralization kettle. The lithium chloride aqueous solution is crystallized through concentration, and centrifuged to obtain lithium chloride crystals; it is processed into finished lithium chloride products through drying, cooling, packaging and other processes. The core chemical reaction equation of this process is: LiOH+HCl=LiCl+H2O.