| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2021 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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High Temperature Electrochemistry IV
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| Presentation Title |
Feasibility of Potentiometry for Monitoring Activity of GdCl3 in Molten LiCl-KCl Salt |
| Author(s) |
Guoping Cao, Steven Herrmann, Guy Fredrickson, Robert Hoover, Kevin Tolman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Guoping Cao |
| Abstract Scope |
In pyroprocessing spent nuclear fuels by electrorefining in LiCl-KCl salt, it is desired to monitor the UCl3 concentration for safeguard purposes. A potentiometry approach was evaluated herein for real time monitoring of GdCl3, a surrogate for UCl3, in LiCl-KCl salt, using a Gd metal electrode and a Ag/AgCl reference electrode (RE). The open circuit potential (OCP) of a Gd metal electrode versus the Ag/AgCl RE was measured, while GdCl3 salt was incrementally added into the LiCl-KCl salt, followed by additions of LaCl3, CeCl3 and NdCl3. It was shown that (1) the potentiometry measurement using Gd metal and Ag/AgCl RE can be used to measure the GdCl3 concentration in the tested 0.05--1.7 mol% GdCl3 range and (2) the addition of a small amount of LaCl3 and CeCl3 did not affect the activity of GdCl3 in the LiCl-KCl-GdCl3 salt system, but the addition of NdCl3 did affect potentiometry measurements of LiCl-KCl-GdCl3. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Electrometallurgy, Nuclear Materials, Recycling and Secondary Recovery |