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The Impact Of Lithium

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The impact of lithium being used and the mineral being mined can have advantages and disadvantages on the economic and the environment. An advantage of this mineral is that it has high energy density, this means the battery will be able to live and last much longer the usual batteries. There are many types electronic equipment starting from power tools to electric car. These applications need a much higher energy density. An issue with batteries and cells is that they lose their charge over time, this is a major issue. Lithium’s cell rate of self-discharge is much lower compared to any other rechargeable battery cells. Some rechargeable batteries need to be primed when they receive their first charge but, with lithium batteries there is no

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