Diaphragm cells
US4156639A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 1978 |
| Grant date | May 29, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC25B1/46
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An electrolytic diaphragm cell for the production of halogen, hydrogen and an alkali metal hydroxide solution by electrolysis of an aqueous alkali metal halide solution, the cell comprising a plurality of anodes vertically mounted on the base of the cell, a cathode box providing cathodes between adjacent anodes, and a hydraulically permeable diaphragm between adjacent anodes and cathodes comprising one or more sheets of a porous non-melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer joined into the form of an endless-belt by a strip or strips of melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer fused into the sheet or sheets at or near juxtaposed edges of the sheet or sheets, the diaphragms being connected to upper and lower slotted supports of a melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer by means of strips of a melt-processable fluorine-containing polymer bonded to the supports at or near the slots therein and fused to the upper and lower edges of the diaphragm.
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