cell a graphite rod served as anode no diaphragm was used and 250 g salt melt was used as electrolyte the cell voltage was 5 0 v the cathode potential was 2 0 v relative to an ag agcl reference electrode and the other conditions are given in the table the sicl 4 was injected as a liquid in an argon stream and fed into the cathode an argon atmosphere was maintained above the salt melt in all experiments a current of 6 f mol 1 sicl 4 was employed the following results were determined by microprobe and chemical analysis of the cooled cathode products and electrolyte table__________________________________________________________________________ current electrolytecathodefeedstock temp time feedrate current density cathode analysis analysis m m m nmx sub n u00b0 c min ml u00b7 hr sup 1 f u00b7 mol sup 1 a u00b7 cm sup 2 m nm li k m nm__________________________________________________________________________zn bbr sub 3 800 120 3 9 4 5 1 98 0 051 2 5 lt 0 3 0 08 lt 0 005zn ccl sub 4 800 120 3 0 6 0 1 gt 90 n d n d n d n d zn sicl sub 4 800 78 3 6 6 0 1 94 0 74 1 11 0 002 0 11 lt 0 02zn gecl sub 4 800 270 3 6 6 0 1 95 9 6 1 3 1 3 0 64ga ascl sub 3 800 240 3 1 5 0 1 81 14 5 2 4 0 12 0 002 lt 0 05zn sbcl sub 5 800 180 3 2 7 5 1 94 1 94 0 30 lt 0 3 0 094 0 01zn nasbf sub 6.