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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dominique Ravier, Paris, FR;
Jean Grosbois, L'Isle Adam, FR;
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Industries, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204242 ; 204286 ; 2042 / ; 204292 ; 204293 ;
Abstract
A cathode for an electrolytic cell, providing a low overvoltage on contact with the electrolyte, having at least one surface of a compound comprising (a) a metal of the group comprising nickel, copper, iron and cobalt, and (b) another element of the group comprising any of the preceding metals, titanium, lanthanides, magnesium, boron, molybdenum, manganese, vanadium, niobium and tantalum and their hydrogenation products. The cathode is particularly useful in the electrolysis of alkali chlorides.