ISSN print edition: 0366-6352 ISSN electronic edition: 1336-9075 Registr. No.: MK SR 9/7 Published monthly

Electrical conductivity of molten LiCl—NaCl—KCl and LiCl—NaCl—KCl—AICI₃ mixtures

K. Matiašovský, G. Bräeutigam, M. Chrenková-Paučírová, P. Fellner, and G. Schulze

Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 809 34 Bratislava

Abstract:  The specific electrical conductivity was determined experimentally of selected molten ternary LiCl—NaCl—KCl and quaternary LiCl—NaCl—KCl—AlCl₃ mixtures which are of interest with respect to new industrial processes for electrolytic aluminium deposition. A method for the calculation of the electrical conductivity of molten ternary and quaternary mixtures on the basis of experimentally determined values of the electrical conductivity and molar volumes of the corresponding binary systems was proposed. The good agreement between the calculated and experimental conductivity values of the ternary and quaternary mixtures confirms the correctness of the proposed method of calculation.

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Chemical Papers 34 (4) 433–440 (1980)