Electrochemical Mechanism for the Preparation of Fe-Si Alloys by Melts Electrodeposition

Abstract

Abstract The melts dissolution characteristics and reaction process during the preparation of Fe-Si alloys by the melts electrochemical method were studied. The thermodynamic calculations and experimental results showed that the solubility of SiO2 in KCl-NaCl-NaF melts was 0.24 mas% at 1073 K. The cyclic voltammetry data showed that the reduction of SiO2 on a Pt electrode was a one-step electron process; when SiO2 accounted for 0.24 mas% of the NaCl-KCl-NaF melts, the Fe-Si alloy was prepared by electrodeposition at 1073 K. When the deposition time was 30 min, Fe3Si was formed.