The electrochemical behavior of La(iii) ions was studied by different electrochemical measurements in LiCl–KCl–MgCl2 melts on a W electrode and in LiCl–KCl melts on an active Mg electrode at 873 K, respectively.
This work presented the electrochemical synthesis of Sm-Ni alloy magnetic materials by co-reduction of Sm(III) and Ni(II) ions on a Mo electrode or a nickel coated Mo electrode in molten LiCl-KCl-SmCl 3 -NiCl 2 at 873 K. The electrochemical behaviors of Sm(III), Ni(II) ions and alloy formation in the melt were investigated by cyclic voltammetry (CV), square wave voltammetry (SWV) and open-circuit chronopotentionmetry (OCP) techniques. The Sm-Ni alloys were obtained on Mo electrode by potentiostatic electrolysis with the varied potential at −0.8 V, −1.5 V, −1.8 V and −2.2 V (vs. Ag + /Ag), respectively. Afterwards, all the Sm-Ni alloys were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), the results indicated that the Sm x Ni y alloys (SmNi 5 , SmNi 2 and SmNi) were prepared on Mo electrode successfully. The microstructure and micro-zone chemical analysis of Sm-Ni alloys were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was performed to investigate the surface composition. The results showed that valence states of Sm and Ni on the surface were zero, which were consistent with the peak of the Sm and Ni standard spectra of metals. Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) tests illustrated that the magnetization intensity reached the saturated state along magnetic domain direction.
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