HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE NI-SC SYSTEM .1. ELECTROCHEMICAL-BEHAVIOR OF SC(III) IN CHLORIDE-FLUORIDE MELTS
A. Kononov et E. Polyakov, HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND PROPERTIES OF INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS OF THE NI-SC SYSTEM .1. ELECTROCHEMICAL-BEHAVIOR OF SC(III) IN CHLORIDE-FLUORIDE MELTS, Journal of alloys and compounds, 239(2), 1996, pp. 103-106
The electrochemical behaviour of Sc(III) in chloride-fluoride molten s
alts was studied. Sc(III) reduction is observed to proceed in a three-
electron stage. Scandium metal interacts with the halide electrolyte l
eading to the formation of the alkaline metal. Sc(III) reduction on th
e surface of a nickel electrode proceeds with significant depolarizati
on due to intermetallic compound formation.