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An electrometallurgical methods for the production of lead-calcium alloys
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Date
1991Type
ThesisDepartment
Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
Degree Level
Professional Degree
Degree Name
Metallurgical Engineering
Abstract
An alternative electrochemical process for the production of lead-calcium alloys used in battery and electrowinning anodes was developed. Other methods for the production of the alloy, Pb3Ca, are costly, complex, and inefficient. The method entailed an electrowinning step. Calcium chloride was fed to the electrowinning cell with a potassium chloride-calcium chloride molten-salt eutectic electrolyte. The calcium was electrowon at 650 degrees Celsius into a molten lead cathode to 6.1 weight percent calcium with 94 percent current efficiency.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11714/1527Subject
alternative electrochemical processlead-calcium alloys
battery anodes
electrowinning anodes
alloy
production of alloy
electrowinning
calcium chloride
electrowinning cells
potassium chloride-calcium chloride molten-salt eutectic electrolyte
molten lead cathode
current efficiency
Mackay Science Project
Additional Information
| Committee Member | Murphy, James; Jones, Denny A.; Reddy, Ramana G. |
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| Rights | In Copyright(All Rights Reserved) |
| Rights Holder | Author(s) |