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Electrochemical reduction behavior of a highly porous SIMFUEL particle in a LiCl molten salt
- Source :
- Chemical Engineering Journal. :514-520
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- A highly porous SIMFUEL particle is prepared here for use as a feed material for electrochemical reduction. The prepared particles were found to have highly porous and sintered structure. The particles were electrolyzed in a LiCl-1 wt.% Li 2 O melt at 650 °C. A steel basket containing the particles and a platinum plate were used as a cathode and an anode, respectively. The analysis result reveals the reduction extent of uranium oxide to be in excess of 99%. The rare earth oxides were reduced to their metallic form in the range of 46–78%. The highly porous structure of the SIMFUEL particles is advantageous to speed up the electrochemical reduction process for pyroprocessing.
- Subjects :
- General Chemical Engineering
chemistry.chemical_element
Mineralogy
General Chemistry
Pyroprocessing
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Cathode
Anode
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Chemical engineering
law
Environmental Chemistry
Uranium oxide
Particle
Molten salt
Platinum
Porous medium
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13858947
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chemical Engineering Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c906c8067482153860d1ae666363459b