Physico-chemical properties of

molten systems based on

lanthanum fluoride
Motivation
• Metallurgy

• Energy sector

• Hi-tech applications

• Automotive industry

• Catalysis
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Objects of investigation
(LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 vs. (LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3

Methods of investigations
• Phase equilibrium
• Density and molar properties
• Surface tension
• Electrical conductivity

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Phase equilibrium

Thermal analysis Experimental conditions:

- 10 g of mixture
- inert Ar atmosphere
- cooling rate – 1.5°C/min

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Phase equilibrium
(LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 vs. (LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3

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Density
Archimedean method
   m0 - m  / Vt

r - density of the melt

m0 - weight of measurement  corpuscle
in air
m - weight of corpuscle in the melt
contact
Vt - volume of corpuscle at the
temperature t

measuring corpuscle

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Density
(LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 vs. (LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3
□ - 1023 K; ○ - 1073 K; Δ - 1123 K □ - 1123 K; ○ - 1173 K; Δ - 1223 K; x3=x(LaF3)

3.2

3.0

2.8
 / g.cm-3

2.6

2.4

2.2

2.0

1.8
0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20
x ( LaF3 )

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Volume properties

m M
V Vm  Vm  VmE  Vm  VmE   xiVi 
 

 V   Vm 
V   nV
i i Vi    x  VmE   xi  Vi  Vi  
 ni   i 
i i

Vi ( )
E

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Molar volume
(LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 vs. (LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3
□ - 1023 K; ○ - 1073 K; Δ - 1123 K □ - 1123 K; ○ - 1173 K; Δ - 1223 K; x3=x(LaF3)

Vm/cm3mol-1
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Surface tension
Maximum bubble pressure method

r
  pmax  gh 
2
h
r1 > r2 > r r1
r
r2
r  pmax,1 h2  pmax,2 h1 
  
2 h2  h1 

s - the surface tension

pmax- the maximum bubble pressure
g - the constant due to gravity
h - the depth of immersion
 - the density of the liquid
r - the radius of the bubble

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Surface tension
(LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 vs. (LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3
□ - 1023 K; ○ - 1073 K; Δ - 1123 K □ - 1123 K; ○ - 1173 K; Δ - 1223 K; x3=x(LaF3)

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Electrical conductivity
Capillary method

RU cos 
C
Re l  t R Rel
UR
Rel - true electrolyte resistance
R - known electrical resistance
Ut, UR - voltage
cos  - phase shift between voltages
 - specific electrical conductivity

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Electrical conductivity
(LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 vs. (LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3
□ - 1023 K; ○ - 1073 K; Δ - 1123 K □ - 1123 K; ○ - 1173 K; Δ - 1223 K; x3=x(LaF3)

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Summary

• Comparison of two fluorolantanide systems: (LiF-NaF)eut-LaF3 and

(LiF-CaF2)eut-LaF3

• Significant changes of investigated physico-chemical properties of these

systems

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Acknowledgement

Financial support

• Vega 2/0095/12, 2/0114/16

• APVV–15-0479, APVV-0460-10

Department of molten systems IICh SAS

J. Mlynáriková, E. Mikšíková, M. Šimurda, M. Boča,

J. Priščák, M. Korenko

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