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lithium hydroxide

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble compound, LiOH, used to absorb carbon dioxide, especially in spacesuits.


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Scott said Wesfarmers would also be open to expanding a refinery, which is currently being ramped up and is needed to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Albemarle also said it would be idling the remaining operating train at its Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Chinese companies refine the spodumene into solid lithium, and into the two lithium compounds used in batteries - lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024

Using cobalt hydroxide and lithium hydroxide as starting materials, with sodium or potassium hydroxide as an additive, the team conducted a series of high-precision experiments under varying conditions to synthesize layered LiCoO2 crystals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023

A second possibility was that some of the chemical called lithium hydroxide had gotten into our eyes.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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