文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Cathodic Behavior of Samarium(III) and Sm-Al alloys Preparation in Fluorides Melts

作者：Gao, Yuan[1];Shi, Yukang[1];Liu, Xiaolong[1];Huang, Chao[1];Li, Bing[1]

机构：[1]E China Univ Sci & Technol, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2016

卷号：190

起止页码：208

外文期刊名：ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA

收录：;EI(收录号：20160301820698);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000371141500025)】；

基金：This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51274102).

语种：英文

外文关键词：Molten fluorides; Samarium; Cyclic voltammetry; Sm-Al alloys; Square-wave voltammograms

摘要：The electrochemical behavior of samarium ions in LiF-CaF2 melts at tungsten electrodes is investigated by cyclic voltammetry and square wave voltammetry. The electrochemical reduction of Sm(III) into Sm(II) according to Eq. (1) is reversible within 900 mV/s. Sm3+ + e(-) -> Sm2+(1) The reduction process for Sm(II) to Sm cannot be observed due to a more negative potential than that of Li(I) ions. Cyclic voltammograms results have proved that Sm and Al ions can be co-reduced from LiF-CaF2-AIF(3)-SmF3 melts. The cathodic product from LiF-CaF2-Sm2O3 (0.15 mol/L)-AlF3 (8.89 mol/L) melts at -731.4 mA/cm(2) is a thin layer metallic plate mainly composing Al, Al2Sm and Al3Sm. EDS mapping manifests that Sm-Al alloy exists in the cross-section of the deposit with the molar ratio of Sm/Al of 0.020, smaller than the original value of 0.034. By galvanostatic electrolysis in LiF-CaF2-Sm2O3 (0.225 mol/L)-AlF3 (0.296 mol/L) with Al (6 mol/L) at -800 mA/cm(2) for 3 h, only small metal particles dispersed in the molten salts are found, giving a lower Sm/Al molar ratio from 0.1 to 0.2 less than the original value of 1.52 in the melts. The results indicate that it is feasible to extract small amounts of Sm with larger amount of Al by codeposition from fluoride melts. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.