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The praseodymium and neodymium solubilities in the gallium–tin eutectic melt were measured for the first time in a temperature range of 423–1073 K using a high-temperature sampling technique. The data on the activity and solubility are used to calculate the activity coefficients, the excessive thermodynamic characteristics of α-praseodymium and α-neodymium in the Ga–Sn eutectic melts, and the separation factor for the Pr/Nd pair on gallium–tin electrodes in chloride melts.
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Original Russian Text © S.Yu. Melchakov, L.F. Yamshchikov, A.G. Osipenko, P.A. Pozdeev, M.A. Rusakov, 2014, published in Rasplavy, 2014, No. 5, pp. 7–12.
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Melchakov, S.Y., Yamshchikov, L.F., Osipenko, A.G. et al. Solubility and excessive thermodynamic characteristics of Pr and Nd in the Ga–Sn eutectic alloy. Russ. Metall. 2015, 595–598 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003602951508011X
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