Evaluation of overpotentials on graphite and liquid Bi–Mg electrodes by current interruption
Journal of Applied Electrochemistry(2019)
摘要
Our group proposes a new titanium smelting process via Bi–Ti alloy. This process is comprised of reduction of TiCl 4 by Bi–Mg liquid alloy, separation of Ti from Bi by distillation, and Mg electrolysis. In this study, the Mg electrolysis with Bi–Mg liquid alloy cathode was investigated. We firstly measured the IR-corrected polarization curves on graphite and Bi–Mg liquid alloys by the current interruption method. The results indicated that the Bi–Mg alloy cathode can reduce the electricity consumption of the Mg electrolysis. In addition, from the relaxation curves on graphite and Bi–Mg alloys, the concentration overpotential on the Bi–Mg alloy is mainly due to mass transfer of Mg from the electrode/molten salt interface to the liquid alloy bulk. At current densities higher than 300 mA cm −2 , Mg-rich solid phases such as Bi 2 Mg 3 and/or pure solid Mg are assumed to be deposited on the Bi–Mg liquid alloy cathode. Finally, we estimated the electricity consumption of the Mg electrolysis in the new smelting process based on the measured overpotentials, assuming that Bi–Mg liquid alloy cathode is stirred sufficiently and a low current density, 275 mA cm −2 , is applied. Under these conditions, the total electricity consumption of the Mg electrolysis in the new process will be lower than that in the Kroll process when the anode–cathode distance is smaller than 8 cm. Graphic abstract IR-corrected polarization curves of (a) Mg 2+ reduction on graphite and Bi–Mg liquid alloys and (b) Cl 2 evolution on graphite in MgCl 2 –NaCl–KCl at 550 °C were measured by the current interruption method, and electricity consumption of Mg electrolysis in the new Ti smelting process was estimated from these results.
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Molten salt,Overpotentials,Magnesium electrolysis,Bi–Mg alloy
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