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Raw Materials
Lithium 101 | Lithium Carbonate Equivalent
Lithium 101 | Lithium Carbonate Equivalent (LCE)
With a wide variety of lithium compounds, it is commonplace to refer to the lithium content in terms of lithium carbonate equivalent (“LCE”). Lithium carbonate for technical use generally requires a grade of 99.0% and battery grade at least 99.5%.
Lithium Hydroxide: used for high-nickel batteries would require 1.544 LCE
Lithium Carbonate: used for LFP and low-nickel batteries would require 1 LCE
Lithium Metal: used for Li Metal batteries would require 5.323 LCE
As more companies look to implement variable contracts to maximize margins, these multiples act as a multiplier based on cost changes to a given chemistry.
Conversion factors for lithium compounds and minerals Convert from
Convert to Li
Convert to Li2O
Convert to Li2CO3
Convert to LiOH
Lithium
Li
Lithium Oxide
Li2O
Lithium Carbonate
Li2CO3
Lithium Hydroxide
LiOH
Source: Battery Talk: Lithium in Batteries Part 1, Battery Talk: Lithium in Batteries Part 2,,Battery Talk: Lithium in Batteries Part 3
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