Electrolytic production of metals using a resistant anode

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:866044

Tarcy, Gary P ^[1]; Gavasto, Thomas M ^[2]; Ray, Siba P ^[1]

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1. Plum Borough, PA
2. New Kensington, PA

An electrolytic process comprising evolving oxygen on an anode in a molten salt, the anode comprising an alloy comprising a first metal and a second metal, both metals forming oxides, the oxide of the first metal being more resistant than the second metal to attack by the molten salt, the oxide of the second metal being more resistant than the first metal to the diffusion of oxygen. The electrode may also be formed of CuAlO.sub.2 and/or Cu.sub.2 O.

• Research Organization: Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
• DOE Contract Number: FC07-80CS40158
• Assignee: Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4620905
• OSTI ID: 866044
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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