Mitigating Electronic Current in Molten Flux for the Magnesium SOM Process

The solid oxide membrane (SOM) process has been used at 1423 K to 1473 K (1150 °C to 1200 °C) to produce magnesium metal by the direct electrolysis of magnesium oxide. MgO is dissolved in a molten MgF[subscript 2]-CaF[subscript 2] ionic flux. An oxygen-ion-conducting membrane, made from yttria-stabi...

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Main Authors: Guan, Xiaofei, Gratz, Eric S., Milshtein, Jarrod D., Pal, Uday B., Powell, Adam C., Milshtein, Jarrod David
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer US 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105861
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8322-5106