ISSN:
1572-8838
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Abstract In order to explore the dependence of cell voltage on electrode geometries, precious metal oxide anodes (DSA®) with the following three kinds of geometries were constructed: an assembled strip with a parallel array (louvre type), a circularly perforated plate and a flattened mesh. Voltages in the membrane cell of a laboratory scale were measured with chlorine gas evolution in NaCl solution. The cell voltages exhibited a linear relation to a unit cell characteristic dimension as well as to the square of the per cent open area of the anode, as predicted from the theoretical analysis of the primary current distribution in the two-dimensional rectangular model cell. Therefore, small sizes of the iterative pattern unit reduced cell voltages. Slopes of the linear relation gave the increase in solution resistivity caused by the gas bubbles, indicating the presence of a bubble curtain around the anode.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01039395
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