And one compound, lithium carbonate, is also used in psychiatric medicine, most commonly, to treat patients with bipolar disorder.

其中一种化合物，碳酸锂，也被用于精神医学，最常用来治疗双相情感障碍。

Even though we've been studying lithium carbonate for decades, we've only finally begun to figure out some of its secrets.

尽管我们已经研究碳酸锂几十年了，但我们现在才开始了解它的一些秘密。

Then, in 1949, an Australian psychiatrist named John Cade discovered that lithium carbonate in particular could treat the extreme mood swings symptomatic of bipolar disorder.

然后，在1949年，一位名叫约翰·凯德的澳大利亚精神病学家发现碳酸锂可以治疗双相情感障碍的极端情绪波动症状。

Although 70% of the world's reserves of lithium carbonate (from which it is mined) are in Argentina, Australia and Chile, processing it into a form suitable for use in batteries is a business currently dominated by China.

尽管全球 70% 的碳酸锂储量（其开采来源）位于阿根廷、澳大利亚和智利，但将其加工成适合电池使用的形式目前却由中国主导。