Abstract
Ultra-high purification of terbium (Tb) by vacuum distillation and external getter was investigated. More than 20 kinds of impurity elements were analyzed by glow discharge mass spectrometry (GDMS) and inert gas analysis (IGA). The analysis results show that total impurities decrease from 1114 ppm to 63 ppm. High volatile metallic impurities such as Mg, Ca, Mn, Zn, and Tm can be reduced effectively after distillation. The oxygen (O) concentration can be decreased to 1.8 ppm after deoxidation process, which currently is one of the best results in the contemporary studies. The chemical driving force for deoxidation has been calculated in this paper. The different deoxidation results of Tb metal with various purity have been discussed in detail using the secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SIMS). Finally, a ultra-high purity Tb with low concentration of O can be obtained through vacuum distillation and external getter method.
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