ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,935, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Alcoa USA Corp. (Pittsburgh).
"Copper-coated titanium diboride articles" was invented by Xinghua Liu (Murrysville, Pa.) and Benjamin D. Mosser (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New copper-coated titanium diboride electrodes are disclosed. The copper-coated titanium diboride electrodes may be used in an aluminum electrolysis cell. In one embodiment, a method includes installing the copper-coated titanium diboride electrode in the aluminum electrolysis cell and operating the aluminum electrolysis cell. During start-up, the aluminum electrolysis cell may be preheated and a bath may be for...