Reynolds Metals Company

Luther O Daley

Euel R Cutshall

Vaughn L Bullough

A method is disclosed for recycling spent potliner carbon from an aluminum reduction cell. The spent potliner is treated so as to avoid the cracking problem normally seen when the potliner is used in substantial amounts in Soderberg anodes.

Recycling of spent potliner

Carbon electrodes, either prebaked or Soderberg, made with coal or petroleum coke aggregate and an industrially stable binder that is derived from the entire organic fraction of bituminous coal and is suitable for manufacturing carbon electrodes according to existing industrial practice in the electrometallurgical industries. The binder is prepared by digesting the coal with a solvent to make a purified pitch, and industrial stability is imparted by fluxing the purified pitch at about 200.degree.-300.degree. C.

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Florence, AL, United States of America

Luther O Daley