Molten Salt Electrolysis

Course content

Physicochemical properties of melts; structure of melts. Thermodynamics of molten salt mixtures; activity models, melts with common ion, complex formation, reciprocal salt systems. Galvanic concentration cells, membrane potential. Electrolysis in molten salts, Faraday's law, metal solubility, current efficiency, electrode kinetics. Industrial applications; Hall-Heroult process, magnesium electrolysis.