Corrosion-resistant iridium dioxide-based anodes

The most important results on corrosion-electrochemical behaviour of metal oxide anodes with an active coating (AC) on the basis of RuO2 and/or IrO2 have been analyzed. Stationary rates of corrosion and oxygen content in chlorine gas on the electrodes under conditions of chloric electrolysis have been ascertained, being 300 g/l NaCl, pH 2, T-87 deg. It has been detected that AC from IrO2 excels by two orders AC from RuO2, as regards its corrosion resistance. In contrast to RuO2 the rate of IrO2 dissolution depends but slightly on solution acidity. The anodes 30 mol.% (IrO2+RuO2)+70 mol.% TiO2 have been produced. 40 refs., 4 figs