Cassayre, Laurent and Serp, Jérôme
and Soucek, Pavel and Malmbeck, Rikard and Rebizant, Jean and Glatz, Jean-Paul
Electrochemistry of thorium in LiCl-KCl eutectic melts.
(2007)
Electrochimica Acta, 52 (26). 7432-7437. ISSN 0013-4686
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2007.06.022
Abstract
This work presents a study of the electrochemical properties of Th chloride ions dissolved in a molten LiCl-KCl eutectic, in a temperature range of 693-823 K. Transient electrochemical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiommetry have been used in order to investigate the reduction mechanism on a tungsten electrode and the diffusion coefficient of dissolved Th ions. All techniques showed that only one valence state was stable in the melt. The reduction into Th metal was found to occur according to a one-step mechanism, through an irreversible reaction controlled by a nucleation process which requires an overpotential of several 100 mV. At 723 K, the diffusion coefficient is DTh(723K) = 3.7 ± 0.2·10-5 cm2.s-1. EMF measurements indicated that, at 723 K, the standard apparent potential is *0ThCl4 /Th) E (723 K) = - 2.582 V vs. Cl2/Cl-, and the activity coefficient γThCl4(723 K) = 8·10-3 on the mole fraction scale (based on a pure liquid reference state).
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Audience (journal): | International peer-reviewed journal |
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Institution: | Université de Toulouse > Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE) Université de Toulouse > Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE) French research institutions > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE) Other partners > Institute for Transuranium Elements - ITU (GERMANY) |
Laboratory name: | Laboratoire de Génie Chimique - LGC (Toulouse, France) - Procédés électrochimiques (PE) |
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Deposited On: | 22 Oct 2008 12:26 |
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