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Chemical and electrochemical behavior of some fission elements and components of fuel elements and structural materials in salt melts based on alkali metal chlorides was studied. Possible ways of incorporation of impurity elements into the cathodic deposit were analyzed as influenced by the position of the elements in the electromotive series, current density, and composition of the gaseous phase over the melt. The effect of impurities on electrochemical crystallization of UO2 was evaluated. The composition and structure of the cathodic deposit at formation of solid solutions were studied in relation to the content of impurity elements in the melts.
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Komarov, V.E., Borodina, N.P. & Smolenskii, V.V. Behavior of Impurity Elements at Electrochemical Crystallization of UO2 from Molten Salt Electrolytes. Radiochemistry 45, 562–567 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:RACH.0000015752.15427.c7
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