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Gotthard Csizi

Gerd Wunsch

Volker Kiener

Wolfram Treptow

Hermann Meyer

Wolfgang Habermann

Peter Thoma

Dieter Stockburger

Hugo Boehn

In an electrolysis cell with anodes and cathodes which are provided with openings, the cathode chamber is separated from the anode chamber by a diaphragm. The latter consists of a porous layer of oxides or oxidic compounds of the elements of sub-group 4B of the periodic table, of aluminum, of the rare earths or of chromium. The diaphragm is applied to that side of one of the electrodes which faces the counter-electrode.

Electrolysis cell

Manufacture of electrodes consisting of bases of valve metals with electrochemically active coatings applied thereto. The electrodes are pre-treated before the said coatings are applied, the pre-treatment comprising treating the base with hydrogen.

Manufacture of electrodes

In a process for the removal of mercury by treatment with elementary nickel an external voltage is applied to maintain the potential of the nickel at a value which differs from the potential of the reversible hydrogen electrode in the liquid concerned by not more than from -250 mV to +50 mV. The treatment is carried out at temperatures of from 80.degree. to 230.degree. C.

Removal of mercury from liquids

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Gotthard Csizi