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01.03.2013
Reaction of tantalum oxide with calcium chloride–calcium oxide melts
Erschienen in: Journal of Materials Science | Ausgabe 6/2013
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Abstract
Tantalum oxide is a suitable precursor for electro-deoxidation, where a cathodic potential is applied to the oxide, immersed in a molten salt, to remove oxygen from the oxide leaving tantalum metal. The electro-deoxidation reactions take place in a melt of CaCl2–CaO and, unlike the reduction of other metal oxides where little or no reaction occurs between the melt and oxide until the application of a cathodic potential, tantalum oxide readily reacts with the calcium oxide to form CaTa4O11, CaTa2O6 and Ca2Ta2O7. These phases have completely different morphologies which convert a robust pellet into a collection of poorly connected particles.