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Will an EV-Filled World Pass The Sulfuric Acid Test?

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Sulfur—easily turned into sulfuric acid—is a necessary tool for creating fertilizer and extracting heavy metals from their ores before they can go into batteries, wind turbines, and electric vehicle components. The minerals that contain sulfur often also tend to contain toxic metals like mercury, arsenic, and thallium.

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

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In the case of ORNL’s SNS, the target is mercury. For some areas of neutron-assisted research, such as the investigation of advanced Li-ion batteries, this is crucial.). Beam time is granted to researchers via the general user program. Schematic of the SNS. Click to enlarge. Specs for the 1.4 MW protons beam: 1 GeV, 1.4