Investigation into anodic dissolution of sodium-tungsten bronzes in tungstate melt

Anodic dissolution of monocrystals of sodium-tungsten bronzes and tungsten in tungstate melts with different content of tungsten trioxide (20, 40, 60 mol%) is studied. It is shown that the dissolution of sodium-tungsten bronze at small current densities on the both electrodes proceeds reversibly in terms of identical chemical behaviour of cathode and anode processes and small polarization. As the current density increases, the process becomes complicated by the fact that alongside with the dissolution of bronzes their solid-phase oxidation takes place