CA1088022A - Production electrolytique de metal - Google Patents

Production electrolytique de metal

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Publication number: CA1088022A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: metal; molten; anode; inch; cell
Prior art date: 1975-12-31
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA266,412A

Other languages

English (en)

Inventor

Perry A. Foster, Jr.

Stanley C. Jacobs

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Alcoa Corp

Original Assignee

Aluminum Company of America

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1975-12-31

Filing date

1976-11-23

Publication date

1980-10-21

1976-08-25 Priority claimed from US05/717,699 external-priority patent/US4071420A/en

1976-11-23 Application filed by Aluminum Company of America filed Critical Aluminum Company of America

1980-10-21 Application granted granted Critical

1980-10-21 Publication of CA1088022A publication Critical patent/CA1088022A/fr

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Electrolytic Production Of Metals (AREA)

CA266,412A 1975-12-31 1976-11-23 Production electrolytique de metal Expired CA1088022A (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US64553475A	1975-12-31	1975-12-31
US645,534		1975-12-31
US05/717,699 US4071420A (en)	1975-12-31	1976-08-25	Electrolytic production of metal
US717,699		1976-08-25

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1088022A true CA1088022A (fr)	1980-10-21

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CA266,412A Expired CA1088022A (fr)	1975-12-31	1976-11-23	Production electrolytique de metal

Country Status (1)

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CA (1)	CA1088022A (fr)

1976
- 1976-11-23 CA CA266,412A patent/CA1088022A/fr not_active Expired

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1997-10-21	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4071420A (en)	1978-01-31	Electrolytic production of metal
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