(19)
(11) EP 0 094 353 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
07.03.1984 Bulletin 1984/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.11.1983 Bulletin 1983/46

(21) Application number: 83810197

(22) Date of filing: 09.05.1983
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 10.05.1982 US 376629

(71) Applicant: DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORPORATION
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(72) Inventors:
  • Sane, Ajit Y.
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  • Wheeler, Douglas J.
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  • Kuivila, Charles S.
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(54) Aluminum wettable materials


(57) A method for rendering an aluminum electrowinning cell component fabricated from an aluminum nonwettable material wettable by molten aluminum, and therefore utilizable within the cell. Under the method, the component is coated with titanium and boron, and while the component is immersed in molten aluminum within the cell, the molten aluminum is maintained near saturation with boron and titanium.






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