Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials (IFEESM 2017)

Electrochemical behavior of zirconium in the (NaCl-KCl-NaF- ZrO2) molten salt

Authors
Tao Ma, Zhi-Jie Wu, Hui-Rong Li, Yu-Peng Cao, Yun-Gang Li
Corresponding Author
Tao Ma
Available Online February 2018.
DOI
10.2991/ifeesm-17.2018.290How to use a DOI?
Keywords
NaCl-KCl-NaF-ZrO2, Zirconium, Electrochemical reduction mechanism, Electro crystallization process
Abstract

As a refractory metal, zirconium has a wide range of applications in many fields. The method of electrode position to produce metal zirconium is more available, it is important to study the behavior of zirconium in the molten salt. The electrochemical reaction mechanism and electrocrystallization process of zirconium in the NaCl–KCl–NaF–ZrO2 molten salt were studied at 973 K by means of cyclic voltammetry, chronopotentiometry, and chronoamperometry techniques. The results show that the electrochemical reaction process of zirconium in the NaCl–KCl–NaF–ZrO2 molten salt system is a reversible process and controlled by ion diffusion rate. Zirconium ion in this system is reduced to Zr(0) in only one step and the diffusion coefficient of Zr ion in the system is 3.274×10-5cm2 s-1. The electrocrystallization process of zirconium is an instantaneous hemispheroid three-dimensional nucleation process.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2017 3rd International Forum on Energy, Environment Science and Materials (IFEESM 2017)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
February 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-453-8
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/ifeesm-17.2018.290How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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