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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1982
Lawrence J Gestaut, Painesville, OH (US);
Frank Solomon, Great Neck, NY (US);
Diamond Shamrock Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to preparing deashed, precious metal catalyst-containing, partially fluorinated active carbon particles of the formula CF.sub.x, where x ranges from 0.l to about 0.18, preferably using either platinum or silver as the catalyzing material, which can be incorporated into an active layer component of a gas electrode, e.g., an oxygen (air) cathode suitable for use in a chlor-alkali electrolytic cell for producing chlorine and caustic while conserving electrical energy. These particles are deashed to have a B.E.T. surface area of at least 600 m.sup.2 /g and contain less than about 4 weight percent ash. Active electrode layers containing such particles demonstrate an unusually desirable combination of resistance to corrosion, retention of conductive properties and retention of catalytic surface area.