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Article: A barrier coating developed through CSIRO's Light Metals Flagship offers aluminium smelters significant annual savings in reduced consumption of petroleum coke alone.
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- February 23, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 February 2009-CSIRO: A barrier coating developed through CSIRO's Light Metals Flagship offers aluminium smelters significant annual savings in reduced consumption of petroleum coke alone.(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Smelter trials indicate that the low-cost coating prevents air burn oxidation and extends the operational life of carbon anodes used in high-temperature electrolytic cells.
Use of the coating was shown to produce a net reduction in carbon usage of 0.02 Kg carbon/Kg aluminium produced.
"Our coating can provide considerable savings for the companies operating the more than one hundred ...