ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF MOLTEN SALTS. Period Covered: June 1, 1954 to June 1, 1956

Technical Report · Fri Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1956

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4312997· OSTI ID:4312997

Roland, E H; Pound, G M

A new back-emf method for measuring the thermodynamic emf of molten salt cells of the type M/MCl/sub 2/ in molten salt solvent/Cl/sub 2/ is presented. Decomposition potentials are measured in the course of the thermodynamic emf determination. The systems PbCl/sub 2/-ZrCl/sub 2/, LiCl-KCl eutectic, LiCl-KCl- NdCl/sub 3/, MgCl/sub 2/ in LiClKCl and NaCl, SnCl/sub 2/, KCl, and PbCl/sub 2/, and ZnCl/sub 2/ in LiClKCl eutectic were studied. The thermodynamic emf's obtained by the back-emf method are in good agreement with values calculated from independent thermochemical data. Thus Raoult's law is thought to apply in these simple systems to within a factor of two in the activity coefficient. (auth)

• Research Organization: Carnegie Inst. of Tech., Pittsburgh. Metals Research Lab.
• NSA Number: NSA-13-002733
• OSTI ID: 4312997
• Report Number(s): NYO-6013
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMISTRY
CHLORIDES
CHLORINE
DECOMPOSITION
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
ELECTRODES
ELECTROLYSIS
EUTECTICS
FUSED SALTS
LEAD CHLORIDES
LITHIUM CHLORIDES
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDES
MATHEMATICS
MEASURED VALUES
METALS
MIXING
NEODYMIUM CHLORIDES
POTASSIUM CHLORIDES
PRESSURE
RAOULT LAW
SODIUM CHLORIDES
THERMODYNAMICS
TIN CHLORIDES
VAPORS
ZINC CHLORIDES
ZIRCONIUM CHLORIDES