The role of sodium in aluminum electrolysis: A possible indicator of cell performance
- Reynolds Metals Co., Muscle Shoals, AL (United States)
The sodium concentration in the aluminum metal pad of modern prebake cells, having superior magnetic compensation and stable operating conditions, is substantially higher compared with that measured in older, less stable prebake and Soederberg cells. In one case, the sodium content was found to increase in the metal after the cells were retrofitted with improved technologies. The higher sodium level in aluminum in modern cells is due to the increase in the cathode polarization and build up of sodium containing species in the electrolyte near the bath metal interface as a consequence of reduced stirring and cell hydrodynamic forces. Correlations between sodium content in the aluminum metal pad and stability of the bath-metal pad interface of different cell technologies are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 371970
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960202-; ISBN 0-87339-312-0; TRN: IM9641%%47
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting and exhibition of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Anaheim, CA (United States), 4-8 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Light metals 1996; Hale, W. [ed.] [Anglesey Aluminum Metal Ltd., North Wales (United Kingdom)]; PB: 1304 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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