Electrochemical Investigation of Molten Lanthanum-Yttrium Oxide for Selective Liquid Rare-Earth Metal Extraction

The electrochemical separation of lanthanum from yttrium as liquid metal is investigated starting from their molten mixture as sesquioxides, La2O3 and Y2O3, at temperature in excess of 2500K. Using iridium electrodes, a combination of dc and ac electrochemical methods and a thermal imaging furnace,...

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Main Authors: Nakanishi, Bradley Rex, Allanore, Antoine
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Electrochemical Society 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127225