Process for producing lithium hydroxide monohydrate

Abstract

A process for producing lithium hydroxide monohydrate from lithium chloride, the process comprising: (a) adding an aqueous potassium ion and hydroxide ion-containing solution to an aqueous lithium chloride-containing solution, thereby obtaining a mixture comprising lithium hydroxide, potassium chloride and water, (b) selectively precipitating potassium chloride from the mixture, thereby obtaining potassium chloride precipitate and a first mother liquor solution, (c) separating the potassium chloride precipitate from the first mother liquor solution, (d) processing the potassium chloride precipitate to obtain an aqueous potassium hydroxide-containing solution, (e) adding the aqueous potassium hydroxide-containing solution to the separated first mother liquor solution, thereby obtaining a potassium hydroxide-enriched first mother liquor solution, and (f) selectively precipitating lithium hydroxide monohydrate from the potassium hydroxide-enriched first mother liquor solution, thereby obtaining lithium hydroxide monohydrate precipitate and a second mother liquor solution.

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