RI 7036 Molten-Salt Electrorefining Vanadium Scrap

- Organization:
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Pages:
- 21
- File Size:
- 7369 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1967
Abstract
The Bureau of Mines investigated molten-salt electrorefining as a practical method for reclaiming vanadium from vanadium scrap. An electrolytic process utilizing a KC1-LiC1-VC12 electrolyte at 615° C was developed for producing ductile vanadium with a purity over 99.9 percent. The recovery of the vanadium in the cell feed ranged from 88 to 93 percent with a current efficiency from 83 to 95 percent.
Citation
APA:
(1967) RI 7036 Molten-Salt Electrorefining Vanadium ScrapMLA: RI 7036 Molten-Salt Electrorefining Vanadium Scrap. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1967.