Regimes of the movement of bubbles under the anode in an aluminum electrolysis cell

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 565-570

  Perron, Alexandre ^a   Kiss, László I ^a   Poncsák, Sándor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble movement; Contact line; Downward facing surface; Wetting film

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE VELOCITY; CELL VOLTAGE; CRYOLITE; ELECTROLYSIS CELL;

ALUMINUM; ANODES; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROLYTIC CELLS;

EID: 23244432025     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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