Reduction of Ytterbium (III) Species in Alkali Chloride Based Melts

摘要

High temperatare electronic absorption spectroscopy and electrochemistry were applied to study the reduction of ytterbium(III) chloro-species in molten alkali chlorides at 823-1123 K. The melts studied included equimolar mixture of sodium and potassium chlorides and ternary eutectic mixture of sodium, potassium and cesium chlorides.