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Alloys preparation from refractory metal oxysalts by molten salt electro-deoxidation using liquid cathode

  • Zhi WANG Mingyong WANG Wei WENG
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  • 1. National Engineering Laboratory for Hydrometallurgical Cleaner Production Technology, Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China 2. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Received date: 2019-03-10

  Revised date: 2019-04-28

  Online published: 2019-06-10

Abstract

Long processes, high energy consumption and severe pollution are the issues for the conventional metallurgy of refractory metals. Instead of the thermal reduction method, molten salt electro-deoxidation is the most promising technique to produce refractory metals. Herein, a new process is proposed for direct transforming typical refractory metal (V/Cr/Ti) oxysalts in melting state to metal or alloys by molten salt electrolysis with liquid cathode. Refractory metal oxysalts with low melting point are used as both electrolytic reactants and conductive molten salts. This innovation work would provide theoretical foundation for building universal and green method to produce refractory metals with high efficiency.

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Zhi WANG Mingyong WANG Wei WENG . Alloys preparation from refractory metal oxysalts by molten salt electro-deoxidation using liquid cathode[J]. The Chinese Journal of Process Engineering, 2019 , 19(S1) : 65 -71 . DOI: 10.12034/j.issn.1009-606X.219170

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