Material submergence system

A method for submerging metal salts into a molten metal bath, the method including:

• providing a chamber separate from and in communication with a molten salt electrolyte bath;
• introducing molten salt electrolyte from the molten salt electrolyte bath into the chamber, wherein the molten salt electrolyte creates a vortex in the chamber;
• introducing a solid metal salt into the chamber to create a mixture;
• and
• flushing the mixture in the chamber back into the molten salt electrolyte bath.

A system for submerging material into molten metal comprising:

• a cell for holding a molten metal mixture undergoing a chemical or physical reaction where the molten metal mixture is converted to at least substantially pure molten metal that floats in a layer above the molten metal mixture;
• a submergence chamber disposed in the cell, wherein the submergence chamber is defined by a side wall and includes a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet;
• an inlet pipe in communication with the cell and the chamber inlet, wherein the inlet pipe is adapted to draw the molten metal mixture from below the layer of at least substantially pure molten metal;
• and
• a discharge pipe in communication with the cell and the chamber outlet, wherein the discharge pipe is adapted to discharge a molten metal mixture from the submergence chamber below the layer of at least substantially pure molten metal.