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US 2016/0102411 A1Published application
Device for reducing a metal ion from a salt melt
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsBernd FRIEDRICH, Marc HANEBUTH, Alexander TREMEL, Hanno VOGEL
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Abstract
Between an anode and a cathode, a salt melt containing a metal ion is separated from the anode by a gap across which an electric arc can be formed. The metal ion is deposited on the anode and subsequently removed.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
An apparatus for reducing a metal ion in a salt melt, comprising:
- a cathode;
- and
- an anode disposed above the salt melt with a gap for formation of an electric arc therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.