Abstract:
The constitution form of ions in the LiF-NdF
3 molten salt system is very important for the analytical electrolytic reduction of neodymium electrode process. In this paper, the ion structure of LiF-NdF
3 molten salt system was analyzed by cryoscopic method. The possible ion clusters in the molten salt system were analyzed by Temkin and Flood models and thermodynamic calculation. The results show that the dissolution model of NdF
3 in LiF is consistent with TemkinⅠ, TemkinⅡ, TemkinⅥ, TemkinⅦ, and Flood Ⅱ, Flood Ⅵ, Flood Ⅶ. In LiF-NdF
3 molten salt system with LiF as the solvent, 1~2 Nd
3+ ion clusters are formed in F-Nd ion clusters, and NdF
3 is dissolved in LiF to form dissociative Nd
3+, F
-, Li
+ and Li
+·NdF
4-, Li
+·Nd
2F
7-, as well as 2Li
+·Nd
2F
82- molecular clusters.