Removal of Sr and Ba from molten LiCl salt using cold finger crystallization method

Qin LIN; Yujiao WANG; Ming CHENG; Bo SUN; Haiying FU; Qiang DOU; Jinhao ZHOU; Zaichun ZHOU; Qiuhua LIU

doi:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.030302

NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 3, 030302(2024)

Removal of Sr and Ba from molten LiCl salt using cold finger crystallization method

Qin LIN^1,2, Yujiao WANG^2,5, Ming CHENG^2,4, Bo SUN³, Haiying FU^2,4、*, Qiang DOU^2,4, Jinhao ZHOU², Zaichun ZHOU¹, and Qiuhua LIU^1、**

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Theoretical Organic Chemistry and Functional Molecule of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China

²Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

³Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology Company, Dongfang Electric Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610000, China

⁴University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

⁵ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201200, China

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Paper Information

Category: Research Articles

Received: Sep. 19, 2023

Accepted: --

Published Online: Apr. 29, 2024

The Author Email: FU Haiying (FUHaiying), LIU Qiuhua (LIUQiuhua)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.030302

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