Amalgam Produced (e.g., Utilizing Mercury Or Amalgam Electrode During Synthesis, Etc.) Patents (Class 205/558)
  • Patent number: 9056272
    Abstract: A system and method for continuously separating different isotopes of a particular element, such as Uranium, Zirconium, or Hydrogen, in an electrolytic medium. The ions of the isotopes to be separated are moved in the electrolytic medium using electric field. As the lighter ions will move faster than the heavier ions, the separation will happen and the lighter ions will be ahead of the heavier ions by a separation distance. To improve the separation, other forces (either proportional to the mass or not) are generated on the ions in directions that add additional separation factors. These forces could be centrifugal, electromagnetic, resistive dragging, mechanical (flow), etc. The invented separation process and device is simple and less expensive than other comparable devices, providing outstanding separation at low cost, and could be built using the already available materials and technologies that exist in any country in the world.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Inventor: Tarek A. Z. Farag
  • Patent number: 8715482
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing lithium alloy or lithium metal from lithium carbonate or its equivalent lithium ion source such as spudomene ore without creating toxic byproducts such as halogen gases and a system adopted for such a process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: RESC Investment LLC
    Inventors: Steven C. Amendola, Lawrence Swonger, Stefanie Goldman
  • Patent number: 6294070
    Abstract: A process for electrolytically producing an amalgam from metal salt, using an anion exchanger membrane. The chlorine-free process provides amalgam produced from metal salt and having a high degree of purity, and ensures advantageous parameters, such as a low cell voltage and high current efficiencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Degussa-Huels Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Carl Heinz Hamann, Peter Schmittinger, Joerg Helling