Electrochemical behaviour of lanthanum fluoride in molten fluorides |
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Authors: | Marta Ambrová Jana Juri?ová Vladimír Danielik |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Inorganic Technology, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Technology and Materials, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Abstract: | The electrochemical behaviour of lanthanum fluoride dissolved in molten lithium fluoride and in eutectic mixture LiF-CaF2 was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and laboratory electrolysis. The cyclic voltammetry experiments were carried out at
900°C and 800°C, respectively, in a graphite crucible (counter electrode). Several types of working electrodes (Mo, W, Ni
and Cu) were used. Ni/Ni(II) was used as a reference electrode. Laboratory electrolysis was carried out in the system LiF-CaF2-LaF3 at 800°C in galvanostatic (j
c = −0.21 A cm−2) and potentiostatic (E = 0.87 V) regimes. In both cases, nickel served as the cathode and graphite as the anode. It was found that no new separate
reduction peak occurred on the molybdenum or tungsten electrodes in the investigated systems. When copper or nickel electrodes
were used, new peaks corresponding to the reduction of lanthanum(III) to lanthanum metal appeared. This can be explained by
the formation of alloys or intermetallic compounds of lanthanum with copper or nickel. X-ray microanalysis showed that lanthanum
was electrodeposited together with calcium under formation of intermetallic compounds with the electrode materials in the
galvanostatic regime. In the potentiostatic regime, mainly lanthanum was deposited, which enabled its separation. |
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Keywords: | lanthanum fluoride molten fluorides cyclic voltammetry spent nuclear fuel laboratory electrolysis |
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