Electroseparation of thorium from ThO2 and La2O3 by forming Th-Al alloys in LiCl-KCl eutectic

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 277-286

  Liu, Ya Lan ^a,b   Ye, Guo An ^b   Yuan, Li Yong ^a   Liu, Kui ^a   Feng, Yi Xiao ^a,b   Li, Zi Jie ^a,b   Chai, Zhi Fang ^a   Shi, Wei Qun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

Al Th alloys; Electroseparation; LiCl KCl eutectic; ThO2 and La2O3; Thorium

Indexed keywords

ALLOYS; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CHLORINATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; EUTECTICS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LANTHANUM ALLOYS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEPARATION; THORIUM; VOLTAMMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ELECTROSEPARATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRY; GALVANOSTATIC ELECTROLYSIS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETERS; LICL-KCL EUTECTIC; POTENTIOSTATIC ELECTROLYSIS; SQUARE WAVE VOLTAMMETRY; THO2 AND LA2O3;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84922459779     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.01.128     Document Type: Article

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