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The behavior of zirconium in the eutectic melt of lithium and potassium chlorides on solid (tungsten) and liquid (gallium, indium, zinc) cathodes is studied in a temperature range of 550–750°C.
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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 17-73-20156.
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Maltsev, D.S., Volkovich, V.A., Raguzina, E.V. et al. Separation of Uranium and Zirconium: Electrochemical Properties of Zirconium in the 3LiCl–2KCl Melt. Russ. Metall. 2019, 155–158 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0036029519020149
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