Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 37916 (U.S.A.)
Abstract:
The electrochemical behavior of iodine and iodide has been studied in AlCl3+NaCl mixtures with compositions ranging from NaCl saturated melts to AlCl3+NaCl (63+37 mol %) at platinum and tungsten electrodes. Iodide is oxidized in two steps to iodine and I(I); a reduction wave to iodide and an oxidation wave to I(I) are obtained in iodine solutions. The equilibrium constant for the reaction, I?+I(I)=I2, is 6×108 l mol?1 in molten chloroaluminate melts at 175°C.