ADJUSTING FUSED SALT ELECTROLYTIC BATH WITH HIGHER VALENCY SALT

摘要

S P E C I F I C A T I O N T I T L E "METHOD OF ADJUSTING CONCENTRATION OF A COMPONENT IN A FUSED SALT ELECTROLYTIC BATH" A high valency salt, such as TiC14 is reduced to a lower valency salt, such as TiC12 and/or TiC13 within a fused salt electrolytic bath via electrolysis so that an improved electrodeposition of a desired metal or alloy, such as Ti, occurs, from such adjusted bath. The process generally comprises adding a higher valency salt of a desired metal or alloy to a fused salt electrolytic bath, reducing the higher valency salt on a cathode electrode to a lower valency salt, removing the so-produced lower valency salt from the electrode surface and maintaining a predetermined amount of the lower valency salt within the electrolytic bath. Electrodeposition of a desired metal or alloy may then take place from such electrolytic bath containing a soadjusted amount of the lower valency salt.