Nourry, Christophe and Massot, Laurent
and Chamelot, Pierre
and Taxil, Pierre
Neodymium and gadolinium extraction from molten fluorides by reduction on a reactive electrode.
(2009)
Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 39 (12). 2359-2367. ISSN 0021-891X
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10800-009-9922-2
Abstract
This work describes the electrochemical extraction on a reactive cathode (Cu, Ni) of two lanthanides Ln (Ln = Nd and Gd) from molten LiF-CaF2 medium at 840 and 920°C for Nd and 940°C for Gd. Extraction runs have been performed and the operating conditions (cathodic material and temperature) optimised. The titration of the Nd and Gd concentrations in the melt during extraction used square wave voltammetry. At the end of each run, the residual Ln content was checked by ICP-AES; the extraction efficiencies of the two lanthanides were found to be more than 99.8% on both reactive substrates.
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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) |
Laboratory name: | Laboratoire de Génie Chimique - LGC (Toulouse, France) - Procédés électrochimiques (PE) |
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Deposited On: | 30 Jun 2009 13:54 |
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