The anodic over voltage of the carbon anode in aluminumelectrolysis is of the order of 0.6 V at normal current densities.However, it can be reduced somewhat by doping the anode carbon withvarious inorganic compounds. ...The anodic over voltage of the carbon anode in aluminumelectrolysis is of the order of 0.6 V at normal current densities.However, it can be reduced somewhat by doping the anode carbon withvarious inorganic compounds. A new apparatus was designed to improvethe precision of over voltage measurements. Anodes were doped withMgAl_2O_4 and AlF_3 both by impregnation of the coke and by addingpowder, and the measured over voltage was compared with that ofUndoped samples. For prebake type anodes baked at around 1150 deg. C,the anodic overvoltage was reduced by 40-60 mV, And for Soderbergtype anodes, baked at 950 deg. C, by 60-80 mV.展开更多
基金the Norwegian Aluminium Industry, the Norwegian Research Council and the China National Key Fundamental Research Development Project (No.G1999064903)
文摘The anodic over voltage of the carbon anode in aluminumelectrolysis is of the order of 0.6 V at normal current densities.However, it can be reduced somewhat by doping the anode carbon withvarious inorganic compounds. A new apparatus was designed to improvethe precision of over voltage measurements. Anodes were doped withMgAl_2O_4 and AlF_3 both by impregnation of the coke and by addingpowder, and the measured over voltage was compared with that ofUndoped samples. For prebake type anodes baked at around 1150 deg. C,the anodic overvoltage was reduced by 40-60 mV, And for Soderbergtype anodes, baked at 950 deg. C, by 60-80 mV.
