Thickener Modifier Technology for High Performance Lubricating Greases - Lubrizol GR9540

摘要

Impact of Increased Demand for Lithium on Grease Thickeners The market for lithium continues to grow with broad applications such as glass/ceramics, metallurgy, chemical synthesis, lubricants and, in particular, batteries. In the last 10 years, lithium ion batteries have risen in popularity to become the electrical power storage media of choice. The battery in a cell phone uses up to two grams of lithium, whilst a laptop computer or tablet uses four to eight grams of lithium. The biggest new drivers of lithium demand are pure electric vehicles. It is estimated that a 70 kilowatt hours (kWh) battery to power a performance car would use 11,830 grams of lithium metal - the equivalent to 10,000 cell phones.