Speciation of Rhenium in Chloride Melts: Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Study

Speciation of rhenium in high-temperature alkali chloride-based melts was studied using electronic absorption and IR spectroscopy of molten salts and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of quenched melts. Rhenium was added to the melts by anodic dissolution of the metal (at anodic current densities of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Zeitschrift für Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences A journal of physical sciences, 2008-06, Vol.63 (5), p.371-376
Hauptverfasser: Danilov, Danil A., Volkovich, Vladimir A., Vasin, Boris D., Aleksandrov, Denis E., Polovov, Ilya B., Griffiths, Trevor R.
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Zusammenfassung:Speciation of rhenium in high-temperature alkali chloride-based melts was studied using electronic absorption and IR spectroscopy of molten salts and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy of quenched melts. Rhenium was added to the melts by anodic dissolution of the metal (at anodic current densities of 0.005 - 0.05 A/cm ), by reacting Re and ReO with Cl and HCl, and by dissolving K [ReCl ]. The melts included 3LiCl-2KCl and NaCl-2CsCl eutectics, an NaCl-KCl equimolar mixture, and pure NaCl, KCl and CsCl between 450 and 850 C. Rhenium was present in the melts as Re(IV) hexachloro-ions, [ReCl ; no evidence of species containing rhenium in oxidation states below four was obtained. The kinetics of [ReCl disproportionation in molten alkali chlorides were investigated, and the IR spectra of [ReO ions in molten CsCl-CsI and CsI were measured for the first time.
ISSN:0932-0784
1865-7109
DOI:10.1515/zna-2008-5-618