Production of tantalum fine powder by reducting tantalum chloride with zinc in molten salt

Kiyotaka Onodera, Yosuke Hoshino, Osamu Takeda, Yuzuru Sato

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Abstract

Production of tantalum (Ta) powder was studied by means of injection of tantalum chloride (TaCl5) vapor into molten LiCl-KCl containing molten metallic zinc (Zn). Production experiments were carried out in the temperature range of 773∼973 K, and the feed rate of TaCl5 vapor was set at 42∼180 mg·min-1 by precisely controlling the vapor pressure of TaCl5 with an external heater. As a result, purity of Ta powder product increased with increasing experimental temperature. Although the purity of Ta powder obtained is almost independent of the injecting position of TaCl5, the yield was high when TaCl5 was injected inside molten Zn.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMolten Salts and Ionic Liquids 17
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages231-237
Number of pages7
Edition7
ISBN (Electronic)9781607681762
ISBN (Print)9781566778268
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event17th International Symposium on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids - 218th ECS Meeting - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 2010 Oct 102010 Oct 15

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number7
Volume33
ISSN (Print)1938-5862
ISSN (Electronic)1938-6737

Conference

Conference17th International Symposium on Molten Salts and Ionic Liquids - 218th ECS Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period10/10/1010/10/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)

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