Cathode performance: The influence of design, operations, and operating conditions

JOM

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 18-23

  Øye, Harald A ^a,b   Welch, Barry J ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CURRENT DENSITY; GRAPHITE; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

CATHODE LININGS;

CATHODES;

EID: 0031999657     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-998-0243-4     Document Type: Review

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