Electrochemical properties of a lithium-potassium chloride molten eutectic mixture held in contact with neodymium and dysprosium

The dependence of the reaction capacity ( R ) of the lithium-potassium chloride molten eutectic mixture held in contact with neodymium and dysprosium on the content of the ions of the corresponding rare earth metal (REM) is investigated at 773, 873, and 973 K. The data on the values of R made it possible to evaluate the magnitude of charges of the Nd and Dy ions transferring into the melt during the corrosion of studied REMs and concretize the mechanism of their no-current transfer to more electropositive metals (by the example of nickel).