Estance of gold in molten LiCl and the effect of the nature of cation on the estance zero potentials of Au in molten alkali metal chlorides

Abstract

The dependences estance vs. potential in molten LiCl are obtained. They have three zeros of estance near the melting temperature of the salt. When the temperature increases by 400 K, only one cathode zero is retained for equilibrium estance. A comparison of the potentials of this zero of estance in a row of alkali metal chlorides at the same temperature indicates their nonmonotonic dependence on the cation radius, in contrast to the potentials of the ECC maxima of liquid Pb, Bi, and In and the PZC of gold in this row.