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Economy

Lubrizol aims to replace lithium in grease

by Matt Blois
March 4, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 8
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A worker at Lubrizol's new lab in India.
Credit: Lubrizol
Lubrizol opened a new lab in India to find alternatives to lithium in grease.

Lubrizol is opening a lab in India to investigate using calcium sulfonate as an alternative to lithium soaps, which serve as thickeners in industrial greases. Lithium prices have risen substantially over the last several years as production of lithium-ion batteries has expanded. According to the US Geological Survey, greases accounted for about 16% of global lithium use in 2008, slightly lower than batteries at the time. Batteries are now the dominant end market, and greases account for about 4% of lithium use.

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