Electro-oxidation of concentrated Ce(III) at carbon felt anode in nitric acid media

Journal of Rare Earths

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-263

  Ludek, Jelinek ^a   Wei, Yuezhou ^a   Kumagai, Mikio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon felt anode; Ce oxidation; Electrolyzer; Rare earths

Indexed keywords

ANODES; ANODIC OXIDATION; CARBON; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; NITRIC ACID; RARE EARTHS;

CARBON FELT ANODE; CE OXIDATION; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYZER; NITRIC ACID MEDIA; PT COATED TI PLATES;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33747034472     PISSN: 10020721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0721(06)60105-1     Document Type: Article

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