Modeling and simulation of the flow field in the electrolysis of magnesium

JOM

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 29-33

  Sun, Ze ^a   Zhang, He Nan ^a   Li, Ping ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Lu, Gui Min ^a   Yu, Jian Guo ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLD MODELS; ELECTRIC FIELD FORCE; ELECTROLYSIS CELL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MOLTEN MAGNESIUM; NON-INTRUSIVE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE-PHASE FLOW; ZINC SULFATE;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MAGNESIUM; SALTS; SIMULATORS; ZINC;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 70349860316     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-009-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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