Report: of

Cor!ir:ai ttcc 1.3: E l e c t r c ~ c h e l n i s t r y

Chairnara - E . J , Casey

kaernbetrs - P.E. Rsurgault

- BeE. Conway

- W,C.@ooper

- R , E I % i s o n

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Pages

FORI3JBRD ................................................................. 8 - i i

SUI-lf!ABtIy.................................................................. 1-3

IY'JTRODUCTION: STKUCTUItE of CANADIAN ELECTROCIIEI.f%STR'%..................... 4-6

PAR'E I : EIIECTROLYT I C PIZOCESS I N C ........................................ 7 - 8 3

A 1 ELISCTKOCITJCFIECAIS EPdERCX STORa'BGE .................................l&-.19

PART I I1 : ELl~CTl?OFI1SIS%I ...............................................28-25IP!G

PART EV : 131%IEF' STATEMSNTS on FOUR %fO'Oi'ZTANT FUIITflER TOP ICS ............. . 26 - 35

A. E I C S ...............................~...........J I 26-27

B e CORROSION . . . . .27-29............~~......................~..~.... C, SEPITCONI>%TC'POR EEE;SCTRCCll13b1LSTKL. .........me..m..........29- 33

D, HSOEOG%CAJd ELB<CTtiOC!?EF!IS'J'IkY ...............................34- 35

PAR'I' V: SOLE 'F;IT;;IJ Of: DEVl:H,C?l~ ING SEGilEYJTS OF El,KC'~itOC%:l~T.iIS'L'ikY.............%6-b1

1 ' V : CiCNl<JbSB, CONCL,&lS%013S ........................................... .44,-44

* I'rc!g>,arc~diby Ilr. E.:, .T, @asc>y, Il1!13, O t ti1e~9i-1 anel tit^ PIcrnbcl:~of C'o~tn:lit tcc H 3

The material selected for this report %a intended to represent several aspects t b u g h t t o be important to the objectives of the

Three mire eectione -- on Electrolytic beseasing, en Eleatre-

at s on Electrathesla$es, Co or Electpo-ch and Bfological Electroc section, intended to be apecaative, 1s on New 011"Dhwdophg Segments of Elec$soshedatry.

The report eomfudea with some general conclusions, which bdica%e3 mongst other t that this report r eaents a "best effort in the t h e a l lo t$ y interested h d i v t d s m r k h g on their own b f k i s t i v e ment of t h e from no

Dr. W.C. Cooper, Noranda Research Canter, nominated b;p the h t a i + Q u e b e c Section of the Electroc t isn, was able t o act as Associate Cka

ss1fiic f iocesshg was d gs part t o the sis mde by &, R. E d Fuel Cells was pre

yses by b,K,R. Brads, &U ectsic Storage Batt

Jahssn Matthey an y Ltd, P a r t 111: IXLectro

Dr. R,R. Roge

t ee 13, but was rwssiwed to C t%eeU+ on High Temperatwe Reactions,

of t he Study. ction an Csrrasisn was prepared by the Toronto Section of Matfo ssociation of Corrosion Engineers, particularly by Hire J.D. Paher io Research Fombtion. The section on Semiconductor Electr r y was prepared joint ly with M r . R.F. Ferguson, Northern Electric Laboratories. BioEogicd Electrochemistry i s discussed from the point of view of biophysics, by the C o d t t g e C h i

N e w and Develophg Se n%sr e f l ec t s e sn t r ibu t~ons by R. EUison, and by D r . P.H.S. Henderson, Defence Research Board, a d Dr. B.E. Conmy, U. 8ttawa.

Inputs by Drs. R.N. OtBrien, U. Victoria, K.R. Jcahnsan, IB. Ssskatchwan, R.G. Barradas, U. Toronto, M.J.B. Hotz, Bept. of

es m d R B S Q U P " ~ ~ ~ ,A. Hone, LtEeole Polytechfque de MontrBd, L.S. Renzani, International Nickel Co., Be Cox, Atorpic Energy of Canada Ltd., anel many sthera, are gratefully aehowle8ged --f o r this has been a cooperative effor t . The C as editor, md in this capacity had t o select, p r i o r i t i e s i n the mafm repor%in order t o a r r i which is given in the S