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DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2026-26-1-29-41
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| UDC 544.653 | Original Article |
Joint electroreduction of neodymium and cobalt ions
in a eutectic KCl–NaCl–CsCl melt at 823 K
Khasbi Bilyalovich Kushkhov
Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekova, (Nalchik, Russia), Full member of IAAS, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8613-9868, SPIN code: 8268-6590, hasbikushchov@yahoo.com
Zhubagi Zaurovich Ali
assistant of the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H. M. Berbekova (Nalchik, Russia), ali.zhubagi@yandex.ru
Abdulkader Moqbel Farhan Qahtan
PhD of Chemical Sciences, Head of the Chemistry Department at Seiyun University College of Education (Seiyun, Yemen), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8923-7867
Ligidova Marina Nurgalievna
Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh. M. Berbekova (Nalchik, Russia), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6016-7236, SPIN code: 7249-7762, adamokova1@mail.ru
Shogenova Madina Aslanovna
Assistant, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh. M. Berbekova (Nalchik, Russia), SPIN code: 7958-8106, madina.tlimakhova@mail.ru
Abstract. The combined electroreduction of neodymium and cobalt ions Nd3+ and Co2+ of a KCl–NaCl-CsCl eutectic melt at 823 K was studied by cyclic and square-wave voltammetry and open–circuit chronopotentiometry. It is shown that the electroreduction potentials of cobalt and neodymium ions at different concentrations in the eutectic melt differ by about 1.5 V. With the combined content of cobalt and neodymium ions, there is a depolarization of the release of a more electronegative metal, neodymium, onto metallic cobalt previously released on a tungsten electrode, with the formation of intermetallic compounds NdxCoy of various compositions. The dissolution potentials of intermetallic phases based on neodymium and cobalt have been determined by open-circuit chronopotentiometry.
Keywords: ionic melt, neodymium, cobalt, intermetallic compound, electroreduction.
Funding. The work was not carried out within the framework of funds.
Competing interests. There are no conflicts of interest regarding authorship and publication.
Contribution and Responsibility. All authors contributed to this article. Authors are solely responsible for providing the final version of the article in print.
For citation. Kushkhov H. B., Ali Zh. Z., Qahtan A. M. F., Ligidova M. N., Shogenova M. A. Joint electroreduction of neodymium and cobalt ions in a eutectic KCl–NaCl–CsCl melt at 823 K. Adyghe Int. Sci. J. 2026. Vol. 26, No. 1. Pp. 29–41. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47928/1726-9946-2026-26-1-29-41; EDN: PZDSRY
Submitted 13.02.2026; approved after reviewing 27.02.2026; accepted for publication 03.03.2026.
© Kushkhov H. B.,
Ali Zh. Z.,
Qahtan A. M. F.,
Ligidova M. N.,
Shogenova M. A., 2026
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