Intensification of Electrical Conductivity of Molten Chloride Electolytes of Lanthanum and Neodymium

摘要

This report covers the results of the studying on the behavior of molten lanthanum and neodymium chloride electrolytes in the external pulsed electric fields of high strength. One of the aims was to establish the dependence of the conductivity of the molten electrolytes on the electric field strength (Wien effect). These measurements were provided on the basis of the analysis of oscillograms of the microsecond pulsed electric discharges in the samples. Another result is that molten electrolytes subjected to a completed electric pulsed strong fields pass into a non-equilibrium state with the significantly increased low-voltage conductivity. In the course of the relaxation of the non-equilibrium melts their increased electrical conductivity seeks towards recovery of the values specific for the equilibrium systems, in the relaxation processes.