Influence of Mixing Parameters on the Density and Compaction Behavior of Carbon Anodes Used in Aluminum Production

Kamran Azari; Houshang Alamdari; Hany Ammar; Mario Fafard; Angelique Adams; Donald Ziegler

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.409.17

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Influence of Mixing Parameters on the Density and Compaction Behavior of Carbon Anodes Used in Aluminum Production

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The current study investigates the effects of mixing parameters on the quality of anode paste and green anode used in aluminum electrolysis. Four mixing times and four mixing temperatures were applied to prepare anode pastes using calcined petroleum coke and coal tar pitch, as raw materials. The volume of the pores in the paste was used as the indicator for mixing effectiveness. A compression test was applied to the pastes to study the compactability of these pastes and to investigate the effect of mixing parameters on density of the green samples. It was shown that mixing parameters influence the size, volume and surface area of paste porosity and also its compaction behaviour.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 409)

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17-22

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November 2011

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Kamran Azari, Houshang Alamdari, Hany Ammar, Mario Fafard, Angelique Adams, Donald Ziegler

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Anode Paste, Compression Behaviour, Mixing, Porosity

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