Researchers at the University of Queensland led a joint study examining seafood in eastern Australia and central Asia and then applied the method of reaching the age of confined calcite.DrRenjie Zhou of UQ’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences said the findings could make it easier to find important minerals used in renewable and clean technology.
“Calcite and other hydrothermal minerals are commonly found in sensitive mineral areas and form under the functions of mineralization fluid,” said Dr. Zhou.”Our work shows that we can track the history of groundwater and determine what mineral resources it can produce.”
The renewable energy sector continues to grow rapidly with the growing demand for technology such as wind turbines, solar panels, electric vehicles and batteries.”This often requires a lot of valuable minerals,” he said.”Electric vehicles require four times as much copper as conventional cars and a single air turbine uses several tons of permanent magnet made of rare earth metals.”
Dr Zhou said being able to read and discover these minerals would be crucial.”Researchers from all walks of life are doing an excellent job in this field, including UQ’s Center for Geographical Mass Spectrometry,” said Dr. Zhou.”Our hope is to increase our partnerships with industry and academia to increase understanding and acquisition of valuable minerals in the future.”
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