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http://dx.doi.org/10.5229/JKES.2009.12.3.276

Electrochemical Behavior of UCl3 and GdCl3 in LiCl-KCl Molten Salt  

Min, Seul-Ki (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Bae, Sang-Eun (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Park, Yong-Joon (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Song, Kyu-Seok (Nuclear Chemistry Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society / v.12, no.3, 2009 , pp. 276-281 More about this Journal
Abstract
Electrochemical behaviors of $U^{3+}$ and $Gd^{3+}$ were investigated in LiCl-KCl eutectic molten salt by using various electrochemical techniques. The electrodeposition and dissolution currents for uranium show the maximum at -1.51V and -1.35V, respectively while, for gadolinium,at -2.15V and -1.9V, respectively. In case of LiCl-KCl molten salt containing both of $U^{3+}$ and $Gd^{3+}$, the peak potential of electrodeposition of gadolinium shifts to more positive potential than in the solution without $U^{3+}$. The potentials in chronopotentiometric data suddenly dropped to negative value as soon as the reduction currents were applied and became constant at the potential around which the $U^{3+}$ and $Gd^{3+}$ are electrodeposited. The results of normal pulse voltammetry (NPV) and square wave voltammetry show that those methods can be used to qualitatively analyze the elements in the melts. Especially, the differentiation of NPV result was found to be useful for the separation of the peaks of which potentials are close each other.
Keywords
Pyrochemical processing; Uranium; Gadolinium; Electrochemical sensor; LiCl-KCl;
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