ELECTRODEPOSITION STUDIES OF RARE-EARTHS

The combination of neutron activation analysis (NAA) and electrochemis try has been used to study the deposition behavior of rare earth eleme nts, as it is reported that excepting La, no other mm earths are elect rodeposited. The radiotracers of rare earth elements were electrolyzed in an aqueous medium on a graphite electrode by varying the voltage a nd time of electrodeposition, thereby optimizing the final experimenta l conditions for quantitative deposition of ram earth elements. The ob servations am reported in this work.