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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2000
Donald W. DuBois, Irwin, PA (US);
Bernard A. Maloney, Murrysville, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a liquid-permeable asbestos-free diaphragm for use in an electrolytic cell (e.g., a chlor-alkali cell) is described. The method comprises, (a) forming a liquid-permeable diaphragm base mat of asbestos-free material on a foraminous structure (e.g., a foraminous cathode structure); (b) drawing through the base mat a topcoat slurry comprising an aqueous medium (e.g., deionized water), water-insoluble inorganic particulate material (e.g., attapulgite clay) and alkali metal polyphosphate (e.g., tetrasodium pyrophosphate decahydrate); and (c) drying the formed diaphragm. The inorganic material of the topcoat slurry is deposited on and within the diaphragm base mat.