FLOATING ELECTRODE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION AND ELECTROLYTIC CELL USING THE SAME ELECTRODE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain floating electrodes capable of executing stable electrochemical reaction without depending on the fluctuation of the liq. level of an electrolyte by providing a float with a pair of positive and negative electrodes and using the same in such a manner that they float on the electrolyte. ;SOLUTION: A pair of positive and negative electrodes 1 are composed of planar electric current introducing parts 3 and electrode parts 4, and in the boundary between both parts 3 and 4, a stepped part 5 in which the width of the electric current introducing part 3 is made wider than that of the electrode part 4 is formed. On the other hand, a float 2 is formed from a lightweight rectangular plastic thick plate, and at the symmetrical positions with respect to the center, through holes 6 whose size is slightly larger than the cross-sectional face of the electrode 4 are formed, and the electrode parts 4 are reslectively inserted into the through holes 6 to constitute floating electrodes F for electrochemical reaction. In the case this floating electrodes F are used in such a manner that they float on an electrolyte in an electrolytic cell, even if the liq. level of the electrolyte fluctuates, they move in freely ascendable and descendable in accordance with the fluctuation, so that stable electrochemical reaction can always stably be executed regardless of the fluctuation of the liq. level.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1997,JPO