FIELD: physics; chemistry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to an electrolysis cell for separating wastes of fusible alloys into selective concentrates by electrolysis in molten salts. Electrolysis cell comprises a heated bath of heat-resistant electrically insulating material, an anode and a cathode, separated by a package of diaphragms impregnated with electrolyte, wherein a package of diaphragms consists of sections of diaphragms, each of which consists of two flat annular gaskets with an oval ledge, where a lower annular gasket in the cylindrical part is glued with a diaphragm from quartz fabric, and on the ledge has a hole, and on upper annular gasket from below on cylindrical part there is a diaphragm of graphite fabric. Upper annular gasket along periphery is glued with lower annular gasket into section, and sections of diaphragms in package along periphery along common axis are glued symmetrically with offset from each other by oval ledges. Lower sections of diaphragm package are immersed into molten initial alloy -anode on support, and under holes of lower section track there are vessels of product collectors. In the gap between the wall of the vessel and the package of diaphragms there is a quartz tube with a lower bevel for filling the initial anode alloy, and in the opposite end of the vessel there is a container for collection of the spent anode. Electrolyte for impregnation of diaphragms contains lithium chloride, sodium chloride and potassium chloride, with the following ratio (wt. %): lithium chloride - 40–42; sodium chloride - 8–9; potassium chloride is balance.
EFFECT: higher selectivity of separation of metals and specific capacity due to possibility of increasing current.
4 cl, 3 dwg
