Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

In-situ anodic precipitation process for highly efficient separation of aluminum alloys

  • Yu-Ke Zhong,
  • Ya-Lan Liu,
  • Kui Liu,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Lei Mei,
  • John K. Gibson,
  • Jia-Zhuang Chen,
  • Shi-Lin Jiang,
  • Yi-Chuan Liu,
  • Li-Yong Yuan,
  • Zhi-Fang Chai,
  • Wei-Qun Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26119-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Traditional electrorefining process is limited by deposition potential of the metal itself. Here, the authors explore an in-situ anodic precipitation process based on different solubility of target metal chlorides that can efficiently separate components of aluminum alloys.