This is intended to be the first part of an occasional series on electrochemical techniques in molten salts. Such a diversity of equipment, instrumental, and handling problems arises in this subject area that a division into parts seemed appropriate.
Contrary to previous reports, the electroreduction of water in nitrate melts appears to be coupled with nitrite reduction, probably involving an autocatalytic mechanism and an adsorbed intermediate.
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