batteries (IMAGE)

Rice University

batteries

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Rice University researchers used a brief microwave-induced plasma treatment to recover nearly all of the valuable metals in battery waste using room-temperature, comparatively mild solvents, including citric acid.

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Jorge Vidal/Rice University

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