Electrochemical studies on the redox behaviour of zirconium in molten LiCl-KCl eutectic

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 627, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-27

  Ghosh, Suddhasattwa ^a   Vandarkuzhali, S ^a   Venkatesh, P ^a   Seenivasan, G ^a   Subramanian, T ^a   Prabhakara Reddy, B ^a   Nagarajan, K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chronopotentiometry; Cyclic voltammetry; Disproportionation; Molten salt electrorefining; Square wave voltammetry; Zirconium

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EUTECTICS; FUSED SALTS; METALS; REDUCTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUNGSTEN; VOLTAMMETRY;

CATHODIC PEAKS; CATHODIC POTENTIALS; CHRONOPOTENTIOMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAMS; DISPROPORTIONATION; DISPROPORTIONATION REACTIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDIES; ELECTRODE PROCESS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LICL-KCL; LICL-KCL EUTECTICS; METAL TRANSITIONS; MOLTEN SALT ELECTROREFINING; OVERPOTENTIAL; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTIONS; SQUARE WAVE VOLTAMMETRY; TEMPERATURE RANGES; TRANSIENT TECHNIQUES; TRANSITION TIME; WORKING ELECTRODES;

ZIRCONIUM;

EID: 59849084853     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2008.12.011     Document Type: Article

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