Effect of the Temperature Factor on the Morphology of a Copper–Zinc Alloy during Anodic Polarization in a Molten Chloride

Autor: E. V. Nikitina, V. B. Malkov, E. A. Karfidov, N. A. Kazakovtseva, N. G. Molchanova
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Russian Metallurgy (Metally). 2019:101-103
ISSN: 1555-6255
0036-0295
DOI: 10.1134/s0036029519020095
Popis: The effect of temperature in the range from 350 to 650°С on the morphology of L63 brass (37 wt % Zn) during selective anodic dissolution in the eutectic salt melt of lithium, cesium and potassium chlorides is studied. Anodic polarization is accompanied by a change in the state of electrode surface due to the passage of the electronegative alloy component (zinc) into a corrosive medium and to the vacancy-induced rearrangement of the electropositive component (copper). Microscopy, gravimetry, chemical analysis, and hydrostatic weighing are used to estimate the laws of formation of a developed anode surface under galvanostatic conditions of the electrochemical dissolution of the bimetallic alloy. An increase in the temperature leads to a decrease in the selectivity of alloy dissolution, the porosity, and the developed surface of the materials.
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