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40 years ago W. Haupin stressed that anode overvoltages on the carbon materials have a scatter more than 300 mV under the same current density. This is a reason to attempt to find out the reason for greater differences because decreasing the overvoltage promises high energy saving. Experiments in lab.cells in galvanostatic conditions have been conducted to determine the overvoltages for the smelter anodes used in Sayanogorsk and Boguchany smelters (Russia) (more than 80 curves currents-overvoltages are received). Overvoltages are compared with other carbon block properties. Recommendations to use these values as a parameter of carbon block quality were made.
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The paper was written using the results, taken during the project 02.G25.31.0181 implementation as a part of complex projects realization program of high efficiency production development, approved by Russian Federation government regulation No. 218 from April the 9th, 2010.
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Polyakov, P., Yasinskiy, A., Polyakov, A., Zavadyak, A., Mikhalev, Y., Puzanov, I. (2019). Anode Overvoltages on the Industrial Carbon Blocks. In: Chesonis, C. (eds) Light Metals 2019. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_99
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