About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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Symposium
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Rare Metal Extraction and Processing
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Presentation Title |
Electrochemical Cell Design for Emf Measurements of Liquid Nd-Bi Alloys via Coulombic Titration in LiCl-KCl-NdCl3 Electrolyte |
Author(s) |
Sanghyeok Im, Nathan D. Smith, Stephanie Castro Baldivieso, Hojong Kim |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Sanghyeok Im |
Abstract Scope |
Electrochemical properties of liquid Bi and Sn electrodes for Nd recovery were investigated in LiCl-KCl-NdCl3 at 773−973 K using a three-electrode configuration: a two-phase Nd-Sn alloy as the reference electrode and a liquid Nd-Bi alloy as the counter electrode. The electrode potentials of the liquid metals were measured during Nd deposition/removal cycles at various current densities to estimate round-trip coulombic efficiencies and to characterize current-dependent overpotentials. The overpotential measurements were corroborated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to study interfacial charge transfer and mass transport kinetics of liquid metal electrodes during electrolysis. After Nd electrodeposition experiments, the composition of the electrode was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), and the recovery efficiency of Nd metal was estimated according to Faraday's law. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
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Keywords |
Electrometallurgy, Extraction and Processing, Recycling and Secondary Recovery |