Abstract
Current interest exists in development of nonconsumable anodes for the Hall-Heroult process of aluminium production and also in situ analytical probes for determination of Al2O3 content in the cryolite melts used in this process. A comparison of the behaviour of glassy carbon and metals such as tungsten, tungsten carbide, nickel and stainless steel (SS-316) used as anodes in alumina-cryolite melts is investigated by means of electrochemical transient techniques (cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry) and Tafel anodic polarization experiments. The results show that only glassy carbon could be used as a successful sensor electrode for an in situ determination of Al203 in alumina-cryolite melts and that the metals investigated are unresistant to anodic attack in such melts. Consequently, the metals investigated cannot be used as sensor electrodes for in situ electro-analytical determination of alumina in alumina-cryolite melts, nor as anodes in the production of aluminium by the Hall-Heroult process.
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