Wettable cathode material for aluminium electrolysis cell. RU patent 2412283.

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: wettable cathode material for an aluminium electrolysis cell consists of titanium diboride wettable by liquid aluminium and binder - saturated solution of a hexa-hydrate of aluminium trichloride with ratio of titanium diboride to binder between 1:50 and 1:15.

EFFECT: production of aluminium-wettable electroconductive, strong and easily producible cathode material.

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IPC classes for russian patent Wettable cathode material for aluminium electrolysis cell. RU patent 2412283. (RU 2412283):

C25C3/08 - Cell construction, e.g. bottoms, walls, cathodes

C23C20/08 - with compounds, mixtures or solid solutions, e.g. borides, carbides, nitrides

C04B35/58 - based on borides, nitrides or silicides

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