THORIUM FUSED SALT ELECTRODEPOSITION INTO A MOLTEN ZINC CATHODE
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4800476
An improved technique has been developed for electrorefining thorium into molten zinc at 600 deg C, using a fused salt bath of LiCl-KCl-ThCl/sub 4/. Stirring the zinc markedly improved the current efficiency. Fifteen weight percent ThCl/sub 4/ was found to be the concentration at which approximately l00% current efficiency is obtained at the cathode between current densities of 0.02 and 0.53 amp/cm/sup 2/. The practical limit for the deposition of thorium into zinc at 600 deg C is about 15 wt%, at which concentration the alloy becomes paste- like and renders stirring difficult. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Atomics International. Div. of North American Aviation, Inc., Canoga Park, Calif.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(11-1)-GEN-8
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-008811
- OSTI ID:
- 4800476
- Report Number(s):
- NAA-SR-6802
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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