US3684577A - Removal of conductive coating from dimensionally stable electrodes - Google Patents

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US3684577A
US3684577A US806343*A US3684577DA US3684577A US 3684577 A US3684577 A US 3684577A US 3684577D A US3684577D A US 3684577DA US 3684577 A US3684577 A US 3684577A
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  • these dimensionally stable electrodes consist of a conductive coating upon a titanium or tantalum substrate.
  • a conductive coating upon a titanium or tantalum substrate.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a United States Patent ice method for removing the electrically conductive coating from a dimensionally stable electrode in such a manner that the valuable constituents of said coating may be recovered.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a method for the removal of the conductive coating from a dimensionally stable electrode, which method results in a clean structure on which a new conductive coating may be applied with excellent adherence.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide a method which rapidly removes the conductive coating from a dimensionally stable electrode with a minimum of damage to the electrode substrate.
  • the conductive coating may be rapidly and efliciently removed from a dimensionally stable electrode, without substantial detrimental effect to the electrode structure itself, by contacting the dimensionally stable electrode with a molten salt bath consisting of a mixture of from 1 to 15 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and one part by weight of an alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent. Upon removal from contact with the molten salt bath, cooling and rinsing any adherent fused salt from the electrode structure, said structure is suitable for etching and application of a new electrically conductive coating.
  • a molten salt bath consisting of a mixture of from 1 to 15 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and one part by weight of an alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent.
  • alkali metal hydroxide in the specification and claims it is intended to refer to the hy droxides of sodium, potassium and lithium or mixtures thereof, notably sodium and potassium hydroxide and preferably potassium hydroxide.
  • this alkali metal hydroxide will be present within the range of l to 15 parts of alkali metal hydroxide per 1 part of oxidizing agent, all parts by weight. At this time the preferred range is from 3:1 to 10:1.
  • a typical and especially preferred bath consists of 5 parts of potassium hydroxide and 1 part of an alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent.
  • alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent is intended to refer to the sodium, potassium and lithium salts of such agents.
  • sodium and potassium salts are preferred, with potassium being especially preferred at this time.
  • the oxidizing portion, or anion, of the salt is selected from the group consisting of nitrates, chlorates, peroxides, permanganates and perchlorates.
  • suitable oxidizing agents are potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, sodium chlorate, potassium perchlorate, potassium permanganate, sodium peroxide, and the like. Obviously, mixtures of oxidizing agents may be used in many instances. Especially preferred at this time are sodium and potassium nitrate.
  • An advantage of the present invention which requires that at least a 1:1 ratio of ingredients be used, and preferably a large excess of hydroxide, is that the cost of the hydroxide is far less than that of the oxidizing agent.
  • dimensionally stable electrodes is used throughout the specification and claims and is intended to refer primarily to titanium or tantalum structures carrying an electrically conductive coating.
  • alloys of these metals are also useful, as are other conductive metals, such as copper and aluminum, clad or coated with titanium, tantalum or alloys thereof.
  • Other valve metals not adversely affected by the molten salt bath may also be used in special applications.
  • These electrode structures are generally in the form of a solid sheet, a perforated or slotted sheet, or an expanded mesh configuration, although the shape of the electrode has no bearing upon the practice of the present invention.
  • the identity of the electrically conductive coating is likewise not critical to the practice of the present invention, that is, a variety of electrically conductive coatings may be removed by this technique.
  • noble metal coatings such as platinum, palladium, iridium and ruthenium metals and alloys thereof are rapidly and readily removed according to the invention.
  • oxide, or ceramic, coatings are also effectively and efliciently removed.
  • These latter coatings include, in addition to the oxides of the noble metals themselves, mixtures of oxides of noble metals with oxides of valve metals (e.g., titanium, tantalum, aluminum); mixtures of oxides of noble metals, valve metals and other metals; as well as mixtures of certain of the foregoing oxides with noble metals in the metallic form.
  • examples of such coatings include: ruthenium oxide; ruthenium oxide-titanium oxide; ruthenium oxide-titanium oxide-aluminum oxide; ruthenium oxide-titanium oxide-iridium; ruthenium oxidetitanium oxide-tantalum oxide, and others.
  • a significant advantage of the present invention lies in the fact that, despite the speed of the stripping operation and the fact that a variety of coatings may be removed with equal ease and effectiveness, substantially no damage is incurred by the titanium or tantalum structure itself. Thus, experience to date has shown that less than 5 percent, and generally less than 2 percent, by weight of the metal is lost from the structure itself in each case.
  • the electrode is removed from the molten salt bath and, after cooling, the fused salt adhering to the electrode structure may be readily removed by rinsing in water to dissolve the salt.
  • the electrically conductive coating stripped from the dimensionally stable electrode remains in the molten salt bath and at periodic intervals the components of the coating may be recovered in a variety of ways, provided of course that they are of such a nature as to be worth the cost of a recovery operation.
  • An especially preferred manner of providing the salt bath in condition for economical recovery of the coating constituents involves the concentration of these constituents to a maximum level.
  • EXAMPLE 1 An anode comprising an expanded titanium mesh substrate having deposited thereon an electrically conductive coating of ruthenium dioxide-titanium dioxide, is first cleaned of extraneous material such as cell putty, salt and the like and thereafter heated to dryness. The structure is then immersed in a clear salt bath containing 5 parts by weight of KOH and 1 part by weight of KNO and maintained at a temperature of 450 C. (1-20" C.). A nickel tank is used to prevent corrosion. After 5 minutes in the molten salt bath, the anode structure is carefully removed, the still molten salt is permitted to drain back into the melt, and the anode is allowed to cool, at which time any adhering fused salt is removed by rinsing in Water. Upon examination, the surface of the titanium is seen to be bright, smooth and uniform.
  • the thus-cleaned structure is then etched prior to the application of a. fresh coating of electrically conductive material and it is found that only a 10 minute etch in boiling, azeotropic, hydrochloric acid is required, compared with the normal 45-60 minute etch used when initially preparing the titanium for coating.
  • Example 1 An expanded titanium mesh anode having a platinum metal coating thereon is cleaned and dried as in Example 1.
  • the molten salt bath is a mixture of 5 parts of sodium hydroxide and 1 part of sodium nitrate maintained at a temperature of about 350 C.
  • the structure is removed from the melt, cooled and rinsed with water as before, at which time it is noticed that the surface of the mesh is perfectly clean with the exception of a few scattered white spots.
  • the weight loss on the substrate during stripping is determined to be 2.1 percent.
  • the white spots disappear and the cleaned, etched structure is totally acceptable for recoating with an electrically conductive material.
  • a method for removing the electrically conductive coating from a dimensionally stable titanium electrode structure which method comprises contacting said structure with a molten salt bath consisting of a mixture of from 1 to 15 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and 1 part by weight of an alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent, for a period of time sufficient to effect removal of said coating.
  • alkali metal hydroxide is selected from the group consisting of potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide and the alkali metal salt of the oxidizing agent is selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium salts of nitrates, chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates and peroxides.
  • a method for removing the electrically conductive coating from a dimensionally stable titanium electrode structure by stripping said coating from said electrode structure in a molten salt bath containing from 1 to 15 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and 1 part by Weight of an alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent and recovering the thus-stripped coating which method includes the step of increasing the concentration of the stripped coating in the molten salt bath by periodic additions of the hydroxide and oxidizing agent as the bath becomes depleted in these components.
  • a method for removing the electrically conductive coating from a dimensionally stable titanium electrode structure by stripping said coating from said electrode structure in a molten salt bath containing from 1 to 15 parts by weight of an alkali metal hydroxide and 1 part by weight of an alkali metal salt of an oxidizing agent which method includes the step of recovering the stripped coating from the salt bath.

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