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Title: Composition suitable for inert electrode

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1531407
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An inert electrode composition suitable for use in the production of metal by the electrolytic reduction of a metal compound dissolved in a molten salt is disclosed. The composition is formulated from a body containing metals and metal compounds designed to undergo displacement reaction upon sintering to form an interwoven network. The body also contains at least one non-reactive material, e.g., metal compound or metal. The interwoven network contains at least a metal compound and a second material, both resulting from the displacement reaction, the second material selected from the group consisting of free metal and a metal alloy or a mixture thereof.

Research Organization:
Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC07-80CS40158
Assignee:
Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA)
Patent Number(s):
4,455,211
Application Number:
06/483,693
OSTI ID:
1531407
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1983-04-11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Composition for inert electrodes patent August 1983

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