Raman spectrum of molten cryolite was recorded. Based on the new understanding of the scattering coefficients, contents of various structural entities in acidic NaF-AlF3 melts at 942-1 024 ℃ in previous research were...Raman spectrum of molten cryolite was recorded. Based on the new understanding of the scattering coefficients, contents of various structural entities in acidic NaF-AlF3 melts at 942-1 024 ℃ in previous research were reanalyzed. The new quantitative analysis results show that when cryolite ratio（CR） is less than 2, AlF4- is the dominant anion in the melts, and its mole fraction is about 0.70 for melts with CR=1.5 and 0.50 for melts with CR=2. When CR is more than 2.5, the mole fraction of AlF6^3- is relatively large, which is around 0.45 for melts with CR=2.5. Ionic structure of Na3AlF6-Al2O3 melts was investigated by UV-Raman spectroscopy. Octahedral AlF6^3- and tetrahedral AlF4- are proved to exist with possible partial replacement of F- by O^2-. Al2O2F4^2- with a large scattering coefficient also exists in the melts in which alumina concentration is more than 4% （mass fraction）. The increase of temperature causes blue-shift of the bands in the Raman spectra.展开更多
Experimental technique has been inadequate to anodic overvoltage measurements in aluminum electrolysis. To determine its ohmic/voltage drop precisely, a current interruption technique was modified with a high frequenc...Experimental technique has been inadequate to anodic overvoltage measurements in aluminum electrolysis. To determine its ohmic/voltage drop precisely, a current interruption technique was modified with a high frequency digital oscilloscope, current interrupters with fast switching time, an improved cell configuration and a simulation applied to the oscillating potential decay curve. The results show that the technique can give good reproducibility for overvoltage studies. A substantial increase of anodic overvoltage is observed with graphite powder addition, metallic aluminum addition and CO bubbling in the melts.展开更多
基金Project (51004034) supported by the National Natural Science, ChinaProject(N090302009) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China
文摘Raman spectrum of molten cryolite was recorded. Based on the new understanding of the scattering coefficients, contents of various structural entities in acidic NaF-AlF3 melts at 942-1 024 ℃ in previous research were reanalyzed. The new quantitative analysis results show that when cryolite ratio（CR） is less than 2, AlF4- is the dominant anion in the melts, and its mole fraction is about 0.70 for melts with CR=1.5 and 0.50 for melts with CR=2. When CR is more than 2.5, the mole fraction of AlF6^3- is relatively large, which is around 0.45 for melts with CR=2.5. Ionic structure of Na3AlF6-Al2O3 melts was investigated by UV-Raman spectroscopy. Octahedral AlF6^3- and tetrahedral AlF4- are proved to exist with possible partial replacement of F- by O^2-. Al2O2F4^2- with a large scattering coefficient also exists in the melts in which alumina concentration is more than 4% （mass fraction）. The increase of temperature causes blue-shift of the bands in the Raman spectra.
文摘Experimental technique has been inadequate to anodic overvoltage measurements in aluminum electrolysis. To determine its ohmic/voltage drop precisely, a current interruption technique was modified with a high frequency digital oscilloscope, current interrupters with fast switching time, an improved cell configuration and a simulation applied to the oscillating potential decay curve. The results show that the technique can give good reproducibility for overvoltage studies. A substantial increase of anodic overvoltage is observed with graphite powder addition, metallic aluminum addition and CO bubbling in the melts.
