Abstract: A thermally actuated hydrogen secondary battery comprises an anode having a thermally actuated anode-active solid reversible hydrogen-containing inorganic compound which deintercalates hydrogen ions (H.sup.+) in a discharge cycle when exposed to thermal energy, a compatible gas-free electrolyte capable of transporting hydrogen ions (H.sup.+) between the anode and a cathode when the anode is exposed to thermal energy, and the cathode having a hydrogen ion-intercalatable cathode-active material which intercalates hydrogen ions (H.sup.+) in a discharge cycle when the anode is exposed to thermal energy.

Abstract: A thermally actuated hydrogen secondary battery which comprises a porous anode having a thermally actuated anode-active solid reversible hydrogen-containing inorganic compound which deintercalates hydrogen ions (H.sup.+) in a discharge cycle when exposed to thermal energy and having a first porous catalytic oxide film on a side thereof capable of converting hydrogen ions into hydrogen molecules in a discharge cycle and having a second porous catalytic metal film on another side thereof capable of converting hydrogen molecules into hydrogen ions in a charge cycle; a porous cathode having a hydrogen ion-intercalatable cathode-active material which intercalates hydrogen ions (H.sup.

Abstract: Carbon-containing intercalatable layered or lamellar transition metal chalcogenides having the general formula M.sub.n X.sub.2 C where M is a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Cr, Fe, Zr and Ta; X is sulfur; and n is 1-2; such as TiS.sub.2 C or Ti.sub.2 S.sub.2 C, usable as cathode active materials in alkali metal nonaqueous secondary batteries that can undergo alkali metal intercalation, are synthesized by ion implanting a substrate of the transition metal with sulfur and then carbon at implantation energies in the range of about 150-200 kiloelectron volts and at saturation dosages of 1.times.10.sup.12 to 1.times.10.sup.19 sulfur and carbon atoms/cm.sup.2.

Abstract: A getter-lubricant coating system between the nuclear fuel and the fuel cladding minimizes the pellet-clad stress concentration and renders fission gases and impurities unreactive to the cladding. The getters are matched to the lubricant matrix such that they are homogeneously dispersed in the matrix and are physically and/or chemically bound in place. A preferred form of the getter is a graphite or boron nitride intercalate of the getter material.

Abstract: Intercalatable layered or lamellar stable transition metal chalcogenides, such as CrS.sub.2, usable as cathode active materials and intercalatable layered or lamellar stable alkali metal-transition metal chalcogenides, such as LiCrS.sub.2, usable as cathode active materials as well as anode active materials are synthesized by ion implantation and annealing techniques.

Abstract: A composite cathode active material/current collector product useable as a component of a cathode for secondary batteries without the need for a separate current collector, which comprises a wire having a conductive interior portion of a transition metal and an exterior portion of an intercalatable layered transition metal chalcogenide, is made by a method which involves reacting a transition metal wire with a vapor of a chalcogen or a hydrogen chalcogenide.

Abstract: A method for making a chalcogenide cathode usable in secondary batteries comprises sputtering molecules of an intercalatable layered transition metal chalcogenide cathode active material, such as a titanium sulfide, onto and into a high porosity current collector substrate, such as nickel foam, by impinging a primary beam of argon ions onto a workpiece or target of the material and directing a secondary beam of sputtered molecules of the material at the substrate.

Abstract: A cathode active material, which is especially useful as the cathode in a lithium high energy density nonaqueous cell operating on the principle of intercalation, has the general formula Li.sub.x M.sub.y M'.sub.z O.sub.2-n F.sub.n where M is selected from the group consisting of metallic ions having a valence of +1 other than lithium and metallic radicals having a valence of +1; M' is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni; x is 0.01 to 0.99 and y is 0.99 to 0.01, respectively; z is 0.8 to 1.2; and n is zero to 0.1.

Abstract: A chalcogenide cathode is made by applying a slurry of a mixture containing at least one intercalatable layered transition metal chalcogenide cathode active material, a conductivity enhancing agent and a binding agent in a vehicle therefor to a high porosity current collector substrate which has been previously treated by applying and drying an adhesion promoting agent thereon and then heating the substrate in an inert atmosphere to drive off the vehicle and coalesce the binding agent.

Abstract: Organic polymer layered trichalcogenides, such as a cyclopentadienyl transition metal trichalcogenide-substituted styrene divinylbenzene copolymer, are useful as the cathode active material for lithium nonaqueous secondary batteries which operate on the principle of intercalation and elsewhere.

Abstract: Organic polymer layered dichalcogenides, such as a transition metal metallocene dichalcogenide-substituted styrene divinylbenzene copolymer, are useful as the cathode active material for lithium nonaqueous secondary batteries which operate on the principle of intercalation and elsewhere.

Abstract: Finely divided B.sup.11 N particles dispersed in a carrier form as anti-gall, anti-seize lubricants in high temperature situations where neutron radiation is present.Suitable carrier materials comprise volatile solvents, B.sup.11 carborane polysiloxanes, polyphenyl siloxanes, polyphenyl ethers and dimethyl polyalkylene ether copolymers of methylphenyl siloxanes.