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		nagisa on Nov 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CATL's Sodium-Ion Battery NaCl is not an applicable source material for these batteries. Na₂CO₃ is going to be the it, for better or for worse.

scythe on Nov 26, 2022 [–]

Mostly because mining trona (actually Na3H(CO3)2*2H2O) is cheaper than the Solvay process. It's not a matter of possibility, it's just the path of least resistance.

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