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Is a nickel anode in chlorate cell OK ?

metalresearcher - 5-11-2010 at 05:32

I have heard that Ni metal is resistent to Cl2 gas so can this be used as an anode in electrolysis of aqueous KCl sol'n ?

hissingnoise - 5-11-2010 at 06:18

No is the short answer!
It's just too reactive for use as an insoluble anode . . .


Xenoid - 5-11-2010 at 10:01

Perhaps you should try a little reading before making silly posts :mad:

Try dann2's site just for starters:

http://www.oxidizing.110mb.com/chlorate/anodes.html

There are probably hundreds of threads on sciencemadness dealing with chlorate anodes!