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New Generation OF Bottom Blocks for High-Capacity Aluminum Cells

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Results are presented from the design and successful introduction of promising new bottom blocks that can withstand high current loads while working in aggressive media in aluminum reduction cells.

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Translated from Metallurg, No. 11, pp. 105–109, November, 2013.

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Ochkov, V.V., Ul’yanchenko, S.V. & Spektoruk, A.A. New Generation OF Bottom Blocks for High-Capacity Aluminum Cells. Metallurgist 57, 1043–1047 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-014-9842-1

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