Revisiting sodium and bath penetration in the carbon lining of aluminum electrolysis cell

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 727-732

  Brisson, Pierre Yves ^a   Soucy, Gervais ^a   Fafard, Mario ^b   Darmstadt, Hans ^c   Servant, Guillaume ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bath penetration; Scanning electron microscopy; Sodium penetration; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ELECTROLYSIS CELL; BATH PENETRATION; ELECTROLYTE PENETRATION; SODIUM PENETRATION;

ALUMINUM; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FURNACE LININGS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON;

EID: 23344452556     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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