Patent ID: 8901032

Claim:
A sorbent composition for the recovery of lithium from a lithium containing solution, the sorbent composition comprising particulate material containing an activated alumina lithium intercalate composition, wherein the activated alumina lithium intercalate composition is produced by infusing a three-dimensionally structured activated alumina with a lithium salt to produce a LiX/Al(OH) 3 solid having a mole fraction of lithium to alumina of up to about 0.33, wherein X is the anion of the lithium salt and the three-dimensionally structured activated alumina includes one or more of α-Al 2 O 3 , β-Al 2 O 3 , γ-Al 2 O 3 , θ-Al 2 O 3 , χ-Al 2 O 3 , κ-Al 2 O 3 , ε-Al 2 O 3 , δ-Al 2 O 3 , AlO(OH), pseudoboehmite, and combinations thereof.