Recently researching the properties of Boron ( borates ).
Besides the advantage of converting boron to a carbide and
alloyed with steel to produce a super metal resulting in,
military tank needing only - 3 tonnes vs 10 tonnes of reg steel.
Such places boron at a highly valued commodity.
Boron carbide = $30k - $40/tonne.
What else is interesting ? With no extra reagents or co-catalysts, the team efficiently reduced CO2 to carbon monoxide (CO) and methane (CH4) under irradiation in the presence of water.
The boron particles heat up to roughly 378 °C when they are irradiated. It interacts with water at this temperature, creating hydrogen and boron oxides in situ. For CO2 molecules, the boron oxides behave as “traps.” The hydrogen is highly reactive and efficiently lowers CO2 in the presence of the light-activated boron catalyst by providing the necessary protons (H+) and electrons.
https://decarbonisationtechnology.com/news/345/boron-reduces-carbon-dioxide My recent researches ?
Should the industry place CO2 doenhole into salt aquifers ?
Or should they rethink this practice ?
Co2 would convert several chloride salts such as, Li, Mg, to
carbonates.
Good process to keep the lab below grade, instant Li carbonate
product ...but on the flip - how hard would it be to extract a Li carbonate
out from other chloride and newly converted carbonate salts ?
Which process is cheaper, easier ?
Keeping salts in chloride format or, convert to carbonates
using co2.
Sorbents - Adsorbents As far as i can tell
my research thus far has not come across any DLE extraction
inwhich uses Boron as the sorbent or adsorbent.
Does Boron bond to lithium ?
You betchya it does.
Li2B4O7 Other formulas reveal 3 Li bonds and upto 5.
What does this translate to ?
Boron acts as a payload bonding with multiple lithium molecules.
Not a 1:1 rather... 3x greater
Such makes for a superb, DLE extraction model.
Manufacturing ball vs cube boron sorbent ?
Most run with bead.
While cube has an upperhand sq area by 24% greater.
Making a cube far superior when in contact with targeted mineral.
Even better ?
Producing a cube style inehich is porus allowing the inner boron cube
to adsorb all the more lithium.
Sorbent cube Size ?
Nano would create a nightmare to impart from other salt molecules.
While few centimeters in size would allow easy - separation of adsorbent
cubes from a brine
The art and trick ?
Formulating a cubic boron adsorbrnt on own or with other element
inwhich performs two acts
- does not dissolve
- only bonds to lithium
Once achieved
Simple scrubbing or debonding of lithium from boron bond.
Porus cubes are resusable
Dunk and go.
If Boron bonds easily with lithium chloride then what about
lithium carbonate ?
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Boron-lithium-carbonate So why is lithium america's stock valued so high ?
With only 3.2 million tonnes of lithium at Thacker Pass,
could it be the market knows about the additional boron
credits within this deposit ?
Wink.
Just a general post.
Revealing 4 benefits of, boron.
- carbon alloy
- exothermal heat properties with simple water + sunlight ( potential reactor uses )
- hydrogen production
- used as a DLE sorbent, adsorbent to extract - lithium, or other valued minerals
exploiting boron's ability to bond.
Side Jab ?
Capitol companies owning several juniors would be all the wiser
to target other brine minerals other than just, lithium.
If Empire divided their Kindersley brine holdings
and made Hub City using the clever checkered format
which affords several juniors on one aquifer, why not mimic this model ?
