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Re:We can now harvest usable lithium from seawater: study by Retric on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:43PM (#27790406)
Platinum has ultra low reactivity, slightly below gold. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactivity_series

Ruthenium… edit: ops NN.

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Re:We can now harvest usable lithium from seawater: study by meepmorp on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:06PM (#27790552)
Ruthenium is another platinum group metal. Rubidium is an alkali metal; like a heavier, surlier sodium.
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Re:We can now harvest usable lithium from seawater: study by amluto on Friday July 09, 2021 @09:55PM (#27790480)
Are you perhaps confusing Ruthenium with Rubidium?
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Re:We can now harvest usable lithium from seawater: study by Retric on Friday July 09, 2021 @10:16PM (#27790601)
Yes, thanks. I realized something wasn’t right but just glossed over it. I clearly need to get some sleep.
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