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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:
Jul. 31, 1979
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth E Hine, St. Bruno, CA;
Assignee:
Canadian Industries Limited, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F / ; C25F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204140 ; 204292 ;
Abstract
The hydrogen overpotential of a steel cathode for use in the electrolysis of aqueous alkali metal solutions in diaphragm electrolytic cells is reduced by depolarization in a highly alkaline electrolyte. The reduction results in an appreciable reduction of the overall electrical energy required to effect electrolysis of said solutions.