5 6 T a n k s for First Large Plant to Produce Lithium Hydroxide from Lepidolite Ore In fifteen short years, many uses have been found for lithium and its compounds—as a coolant for nuclear reactors, as an all-purpose lubricant, as a catalyst in polymerization, as a factor in making rocket fuel, to name a few. Large quantities of lithium hydroxide are now assured by the construction of the first commerical plant for producing the compound from lepidolite ore. This new plant was designed and built by C. F. Braun and Co. for American Lithium Chemicals, Inc., at San Antonio,Texas, a subsidiary of American Potash & Chemical Corporation. All 56 tanks, of carbon steel, from the largest of 635,000
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