Lithium-ion batteries power everything from our vape pens to electric cars, but they have one glaring issue: they rely on lots of hard-to-harvest lithium. A new reactor from Rice University is set to make the whole process easier and safer.
  • jesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    Now english is not my first language, but “reactor grabs 97.5% of lithium from geothermal sources” and “…it achieved a lithium purity rate of 97.5%.” do not sound like the same thing.

    • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 days ago

      Yeah, English might be the author’s first language but I’m not sure they have an editor. It helps to have a second person read what you write! One I caught: “largely driven by the continued adaptation of electric cars.” I am 99% sure the correct word there would be “adoption,” not “adaptation.”