The discovery of this procedure led to commercial production of lithium in 1923 by the German company Metallgesellschaft AG, which performed an electrolysis of a liquid mixture of lithium chloride and potassium chloride.
Descoperirea acestui procedeu a condus la productia litiului in scop comercial, incepand cu anul 1923, de catre compania germana Metallgesellschaft AG, care au realizat electroliza unui amestec lichid de clorura de litiu si clorura de potasiu.