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Wettable and erosion/oxidation-resistant carbon-composite materials

  • US 6,649,040 B1
  • Filed: 09/28/2001
  • Issued: 11/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process of producing a carbon composite material comprising carbon and a metal boride as all or part of a cathode or cell lining, including side wall block, of an aluminum electrolysis cell which process comprises,mixing together quantities of precursors of a metal boride to produce a precursor mixture, wherein the precursors are in the form of solid powders having an average particle size of less than 100 microns;

  • mixing said precursor mixture with at least one carbon-containing component to form a carbon-containing precursor mixture;

    without pre-reacting said precursors to form said metal boride, positioning said carbon-containing precursor mixture in an aluminum electrolysis cell to form all or part of a cathode or lining of said cell; and

    proceeding with cell start-up and operation, thereby exposing said carbon-containing precursor mixture to a reducing environment in said cell such that said precursors react together to generate said carbon composite material comprising carbon and said metal boride in situ in said cell.

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