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Electrochemical Behavior of Mg2+ Ions in MgCl2-CaCl2-NaCl Molten Salt

MgCl2-CaCl2-NaCl 혼합용융염에서 Mg2+ 이온의 전기화학적 거동

  • Ryu, Hyo Yeol (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Jeong, Sang Mun (Department of Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Guk (Korea Atomic Energy Research Insitute)
  • Received : 2012.06.20
  • Accepted : 2012.07.20
  • Published : 2012.12.01
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Abstract

The electrochemical behavior of magnesium ions was examined by cyclic voltammetry in a molten $MgCl_2-CaCl_2$-NaCl salt. The reduction potential of magnesium ions was measured and those values were estimated with the variation of the concentration of $MgCl_2$ and the temperature of molten salts. The diffusion coefficient of the $Mg^{2+}$ ions has been determined at 660, 680, 700, 720 and $740^{\circ}C$. The values were $8.79{\times}10^{-6}$, $9.56{\times}10^{-6}$, $1.17{\times}10^{-5}$, $1.4{\times}10^{-5}$ and $1.77{\times}10^{-5}\;cm^2\;s^{-1}$. The activation energy for the diffusion processes of $Mg^{2+}$ ions was found to be $70.28\;kJ\;mol^{-1}$ by using the Arrhenius equation.

본 연구에서는 $MgCl_2-CaCl_2$-NaCl 혼합용융염에서 $Mg^{2+}$ 이온의 전기화학적 거동을 평가하였다. $MgCl_2-CaCl_2$-NaCl 용융염에서 순환전압전류법 측정을 통해 $Mg^{2+}$이온의 환원전위를 측정하였고, $MgCl_2$의 농도 변화 및 용융염의 온도변화에 따른 환원전위의 영향에 대해 살펴보았다. 그리고 각각 660, 680, 700, 720 및 $740^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 $Mg^{2+}$ 이온의 확산계수를 계산한 결과 $8.79{\times}10^{-6}$, $9.56{\times}10^{-6}$, $1.17{\times}10^{-5}$, $1.4{\times}10^{-5}$ 및 $1.77{\times}10^{-5}\;cm^2\;s^{-1}$로 측정되었다. 또한 Arrhenius 식을 통해 $Mg^{2+}$ 이온의 확산에 대한 활성화 에너지는 $70.28\;kJ\;mol^{-1}$로 계산되었다.

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