Rhone-Poulenc Chimie

Pascal Stutzmann

Jean Bachot

Jean-Maurice Perineau

Microporous diaphragms adapted for wet-consolidation with composite cathodes for use in electrolytic cells, e.g., chlorine/soda electrolysis cells, comprise a sintered, fluoropolymer microconsolidated asbestos-free microporous fibrous sheet material, such sheet material including from 3% to 35% by weight of fluoropolymer binder, from 0% to 50% by weight of a uniformly distributed gel of an oxohydroxide of at least one metal of Groups IVA, IVB, VB and VIB of the Periodic Table or of the lanthanide or actinide series thereof, and from 20% to 95% by weight of a mixture of poly-tetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) fibers and inorganic fibers, such inorganic fibers constituting from 1% to 80% by weight of the mixture and such inorganic fibers including carbon, graphite or titanate fibers, or admixture thereof.

Microporous asbestos-free diaphragms/cathodes for electrolytic cells

Microporous diaphragms adapted for wet-consolidation with composite cathodes for use in electrolytic cells, e.g., chlorine/soda electrolysis cells, comprise a sintered, fluoropolymer microconsolidated asbestos-based microporous fibrous sheet material, such sheet material including from 3% to 35% by weight of fluoropolymer binder, from 1% to 50% by weight of a uniformly distributed gel of an oxohydroxide of at least one metal of Groups IVA, IVB, VB and VIB of the Periodic Table or of the lanthanide or actinide series thereof, and from 20% to 95% by weight of fibers, at least 1% by weight of such fibers being asbestos fibers.

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Pascal Stutzmann