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Electrochemical Behavior of Cr(II) Ion in NaCl?KCl Melt at W Electrode

  • LIU Wei ,
  • XIAO Sai-Jun ,
  • WANG Zhen
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  • 1. School of Metallurgy Engineering, Anhui University of Technology
    2. School of Metallurgy and Resource, Anhui University of Technology
    3. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University

Received date: 2016-07-28

  Revised date: 2016-09-06

  Online published: 2017-02-22

Abstract

The cathodic behavior of Cr(II) ion at W electrode in NaCl?KCl molten salts at a temperature of 710℃ was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, square wave voltammetry, chronopotentiometry. The results indicates that the reduction process of Cr(II) to Cr at W electrode was a one step process: Cr2++2e?=Cr. The reduction of Cr(II) is a quasi-reversible process controlled by diffusion mass transfer. The diffusion coefficients of Cr(II) calculated by the data of cyclic voltammetry and chronopotentiometry, is 1.27?10?5 and 2.24?10?5 cm2/s, respectively. Potentiostatic electrolysis performed on the W electrode proved the feasibility of electrodepositing metallic chromium in the molten NaCl?KCl?CrCl2 system.

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LIU Wei , XIAO Sai-Jun , WANG Zhen . Electrochemical Behavior of Cr(II) Ion in NaCl?KCl Melt at W Electrode[J]. The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, 2017 , 17(1) : 119 -122 . DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.216264

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