Wear of carbon cathodes in cryolite-alumina melts

TMS Light Metals

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 821-826

  Vasshaug, Kristin ^a   Foosnæs, Trygve ^a   Haarberg, Geir M ^a   Ratvik, Arne P ^b   Skybakmoen, Egil ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aluminium electrolysis; Cathode wear

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; PHASE COMPOSITION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ALUMINIUM ELECTROLYSIS; CATHODE WEARS; CATHODIC CURRENT DENSITY; GRAPHITE MATERIALS;

CATHODIC PROTECTION;

EID: 34547885824     PISSN: 01470809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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