Electrochemical studies of SmCl3, EuCl3 and YbCl3 have been carried out in molten mixtures of AlCl3 and N�N'�Butylpyridinium chloride (n-BuPyCl) at 40oC as a function of melt composition. The melt composition ranged from the acidic melt 2:1 to neutral 1:1 to basic 0.75:1 moles of AlCl3:BuPyCl. The reductions of these lanthanide chlorides were studied using potentiometry, cyclic voltammetry on a glassy carbon, rotating glassy carbon disk electrode voltammetry and normal pulse voltammetry.

Electrochemical studies of lanthanide chlorides in molten mixtures of aluminum chloride and N�N'�butylpyridinium chloride

247th National Meeting (2014)

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