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AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL HAVING AN OUTER CELL CASING AND AN INNER CELL CHAMBER FOR CONTAINING AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AND WITHIN WHICH THERE IS AT LEAST ONE ANODIC ELECTRODE OPPOSED BY AT LEAST ONE CATHODIC ELECTRODE, SAID CELL BEING FURTHER PROVIDED WITH INLET MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE MEDIUM TO SAID INNER CELL CHAMBER BETWEEN THE OPPOSING ANODIC AND CATHODIC ELECTRODES, AN ANODE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION CURRENT DISTRIBUTING MEANS DISPOSED BELOW SAID INNER CELL CHAMBER AND HAVING THEREON A LAYER OF TITANIUM ONTO THE INNER CELL CHAMBER IN OPPOSING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID CATHODIC ELECTRODE, SAID ANODIC ELECTRODE MEMBER COMPRISING A REACTIVE ANODIC SURFACE IN THE FORM OF A VERTICAL BLADE FORMED OF TITANIUM AND HAVING AN OUTER COATING OF PLATINUM AT LEAST ON THAT PORTION WHICH OPPOSES THE CATHODIC ELECTRODE. |