Titanium diboride (TiB 2 ) represents a perspective material for innovations in aluminium technology. This refractory ceramic material has superior thermal and electrical conductivity and considerable chemical stability at high temperatures (>1000°C). Furthermore, excellent wettability by molten aluminium at operating temperatures is required for the application of TiB 2 as an inert cathode in aluminium electrolysis process. The wettability of various TiB 2based materials has been studied in literature at different conditions in temperature ranges above to 1000°C. The present paper surveys the current state of knowledge on aluminium wettability of TiB 2 at high temperatures and examines the wettability of pure hot-press sintered TiB 2 material with different values of surface roughness at low temperatures, i.e. below 900°C.
Electrical conductivity of NaF-KF-AlF3 melts with different ratios of sodium fluoride and potassium fluoride was measured using a pyrolytic boron nitride tube-type cell with constant distance of electrodes. Molar cryolite ratios MR = (n(NaF) + n(KF))/n(AlF3) varied from 1.5 to 1.2 (with a step 0.1) in the temperature range of (675—900) °C. AC-techniques with a sine wave signal with small amplitude in the high frequency range were applied. Electrolyte resistance was obtained from nonlinear regression analysis according to equivalent circuit. Concentration and temperature dependency of electrical conductivity was described and defined. Experimental data were compared with literary sources and regression equations.
Measuring of the electromotive force in molten system is used to characterize thermodynamic properties of the system at equilibrium. Values of the electromotive force are very important for the determination of activity and standard electrode potential. Investigation of the electromotive force of Al + TiB2 and Al-Al cell was the main aim of this work leading to the characterization of acid cryolite systems. The measurements were realized using a molten aluminum electrode and the electromotive force of an electrochemical cell was investigated in electrolytes at various molar ratios (NaF/AlF3) at equilibrium. Thermodynamic properties were measured in acid cryolite melts at three different temperatures: 800 °C, 900 °C, and 1000 °C, for all experiments.
Surface water and groundwater are polluted with pharmaceuticals, detergents, pesticides, and many other substances. Application of ferrates seems to be a perspective option for wastewater treatment as ferrates are not only powerful oxidizing agents but also an excellent disinfecting and coagulating agents decomposing many stable inorganic, organic, and biological compounds. Final products of their decomposition do not include carcinogenic or toxic products. In this paper, stability of electrochemically prepared potassium ferrate encapsulated in packaging materials printed on a 3D printer was monitored. In the experiment, electrochemically prepared potassium ferrate with different purity (21.4 %, 63.5 % and 67.3 %) was used. Stability of potassium ferrate was monitored for one month and that of other ferrates for three months. Different storage conditions of ferrate samples were also compared. Storage conditions had a significant influence on the ferrate stability.
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