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Water in Molten Salts: Industrial and Electrochemical Consequences

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Ionic Liquids

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Now approaching its centenary, the Hall-Héroult electrolytic aluminum extraction cell1,2 still reigns supreme as the largest industrial application of molten salts. Although rivals are now reappearing,3 the most likely contender would merely involve a change from molten cryolite-alumina to a chloroaluminate, with a small reduction in temperature. Nevertheless, the rapid growth of molten salt technologies awaited the electrolytic separation of uranium from molten fluorides in the Manhattan project of the mid-1940s.

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Lovering, D.G., Oblath, R.M. (1981). Water in Molten Salts: Industrial and Electrochemical Consequences. In: Inman, D., Lovering, D.G. (eds) Ionic Liquids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0920-9_11

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