Alkali Metal Base Patents (Class 420/400)
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Patent number: 11033425Abstract: A device comprising a heat-generating component that comprises an alkali metal is provided. The alkali metal in the presence of water at a point of contact of the device undergoes an exothermic reaction to generate heat in situ. The amount of heat generated is proportional to and/or limited by the amount (or moles) of water at the point of contact, and the heat generated is sufficient to achieve an increase in temperature at the point of contact to achieve a therapeutic or beneficial result. In one embodiment, the device is used for reducing sweat production in a subject suffering from excessive sweating or hyperhidrosis. In other embodiments, the device is used to substantially sterilize a surface or render a surface substantially aseptic.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Candesant Biomedical, Inc.Inventors: Jacob M. Waugh, Christopher Elkins, Hyop Rhee
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Publication number: 20140303414Abstract: Catalyst that is used in the catalytic pyrolysis of biomass is regenerated by oxidation and washing with a liquid to remove minerals and restore catalyst activity and selectivity to aromatics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Anellotech, Inc.Inventors: Terry J. Mazanec, Jeffrey P. Whiting, Fred Pesa, Yu-Ting Cheng, Ruozhi Song
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Publication number: 20140147330Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing metallic lithium by electrolysis using a non-aqueous electrolyte at low temperature. The method for preparing metallic lithium according to the present invention can directly prepare metallic lithium by electrolysis at a low temperature, and enable mass production, and reduce the manufacturing cost due to its simple process and easy control of electrolytic conditions, and thus the method for preparing lithium thin films according to the present invention can be applied in the industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Inventors: Churl Kyoung Lee, Je Sik Park, Jae O. Lee
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Publication number: 20140106959Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a metal catalyst having improved yield of alcohols. The method for preparing a metal catalyst for the production of alcohol from synthesis gas includes forming a metal catalyst; and irradiating the metal catalyst with gamma rays. The metal catalyst has improved yield of alcohols by stabilizing the metal catalyst through gamma ray irradiation to inhibit generation of hydrocarbons in catalytic reaction with synthesis gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Korea Institute of Energy ResearchInventors: Sun-Hwa YEON, Dae-Hyun SHIN, Nam-Sun NHO, Kyoung-Hee SHIN, Chang-Soo JIN, Sung-Chan NAM, Je-Kyoung WOO, Kwang-Ho KIM
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Patent number: 8551396Abstract: Provided herein are materials that can achieve up to 14% hydrogen absorption by weight in ambient conditions, which is a marked improvement over the hydrogen absorption values found in the prior art. Further provided are experimental conditions necessary to produce these materials. In order to produce the hydrogen storage material, a transition metal (or Lithium) is vaporized in a pi bond gas in conditions that permit only a few bonding collisions to occur between the vaporized transition metal atoms and pi bond gas molecules before the resulting bonded material is collected.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2008Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: University of Virginia Patent FoundationInventors: Bellave S. Shivaram, Adam B. Phillips
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Publication number: 20130181160Abstract: The invention relates to a stabilized lithium metal powder and to a method for producing the same, the stabilized, pure lithium metal powder having been passivated in an organic inert solvent under dispersal conditions with fatty acids or fatty acid esters according to the general formula (I) R—COOR?, in which R stands for C10-C29 groups and R? for H or C1-C8 groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: Chemetall GmbHInventor: Ulrich Wietelmann
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Publication number: 20120142993Abstract: The present invention provides a method for large scale production of cesium-131 (Cs-131) with low cesium-132 (Cs-132) content, where the Cs-131 is produced via barium-131 (Ba-131) decay. Uses of the Cs-131 produced by the method include cancer research and treatment, such as for use in brachytherapy. Cesium-131 is particularly useful in the treatment of faster growing tumors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2007Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: IsoRay Medical, Inc.Inventors: Sergey Zlokazov, David J. Swanberg, Oleg Egorov, Garrett N. Brown, Dale E. Boyce
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Publication number: 20120138843Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a substantially phase pure compound including a cation and an anion. The compound is made by mixing in a ball-milling device a first amount of the anion with a first amount of the cation that is less than the stoichiometric amount of the cation, so that substantially all of the first amount of the cation is consumed. The compound is further made by mixing in a ball-milling device a second amount of the cation that is less than the stoichiometric amount of the cation with the mixture remaining in the device. The mixing is continued until substantially all of the second amount of the cation and any unreacted portion of anion X are consumed to afford the substantially phase pure compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicants: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jean-Pierre Fleurial, Sabah K. Bux, Richard B. Kaner
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Publication number: 20110318345Abstract: substances and the nasal administration thereof, in particular as one of a liquid, as a suspension or solution, or a powder, to the nasal airway of a subject, in particular the posterior region of the nasal airway, and in particular the upper posterior region of the nasal airway, which includes the olfactory bulb, in particular in the treatment of neurological conditions and disorders.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2009Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: OptiNose ASInventor: Per Gisle Djupesland
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Publication number: 20110306508Abstract: The presence of mycotoxins in agricultural products necessitates large scale testing of a wide range of sample material to ensure the safety of food and feed. The mycotoxin ochratoxin A represents an enablement for all mycotoxins as the level of sensitivity necessary for regulatory requirements for this compound at the part per billion level are as low or lower than any other mycotoxin. This invention describes the identification of a set of DNA ligands with sufficiently high binding affinity and specificity for ochratoxin A to enable an improvement over existing methods for the separation, concentration and quantitative determination of ochratoxin A in sample material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Gregory Allen Penner, Jorge Andres Cruz-Aguado
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Patent number: 8071019Abstract: Methods for the introduction of a reactive material into a vacuum chamber while minimizing or eliminating the simultaneous introduction of contaminating materials or substances. As a result, contaminating materials and substances that can interfere with any measurements or other processes that occur in the vacuum chamber are minimized or eliminated.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2008Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alan Bruce Touchberry, Terry Dean Stark
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Patent number: 7972631Abstract: The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for pharmaceutical or nutraceutical use in an animal, preferably in a human. In one aspect, compositions and methods are provided for promoting cell growth, tissue repair and organ regeneration, preferably in vivo and in situ. The composition comprises a sterol compound dissolved in oil at a concentration at least 0.5% by weight. The compositions may be used in the treatment of various conditions caused by injury, diseases and aging. As shown clinically, the methodology disclosed in the present invention was used successfully to regenerate or clone a new organ through cultivation of regenerative stem cells in vivo and in situ.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2005Date of Patent: July 5, 2011Inventor: Rongxiang Xu
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Patent number: 7955551Abstract: The present invention provides an improved alkali metal dispenser which is pure and free of contaminant gases, and provides for controlled releasing, delivery and recycling of the alkali metal in multiple stages in a controlled manner. The present invention also provides an alkali metal pump or getter.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignees: SRI International, The Regents of University of Colorado, a body CorporateInventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk, Dana Z. Anderson, William Frederick Holmgren, Matthew B. Squires
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Publication number: 20110113844Abstract: A mobile energy carrier with which energy in the form of materials from zones distributed widely throughout the world, for example with a large amount of solar energy, wind energy or other CO2-neutral energy, for example the equator, can be transported to zones where there is a high energy requirement, for example Europe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventor: Günter Schmid
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Publication number: 20110079747Abstract: A method of generating an electric current by accurately dispensing a finite equal quantity of fluidized alkaline metals at equally spaced intervals into an injector water spray for subsequent reaction in live steam in a reaction chamber releasing electrons for an ionic capacitor of a capacitor tuyere.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventor: Edward Milton McWhorter
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Patent number: 7863221Abstract: For producing the superconducting material MgB2, a shapeable master alloy containing Mg and B, as well as at least one additional constituent, an LiMgB alloy is.1 The process permits the production of shaped elements of MgB2, for example by forging, casting, drawing, etc.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2002Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Eidenossische Technische Hochschule ZurichInventors: Juan Matias Reinoso, Frank Ottinger, Michael Woerle, Reinhard Nesper
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Patent number: 7824576Abstract: A composite material includes lithium hydride particles dispersed within lithium to form a lithium-lithium hydride composite. The lithium-lithium hydride composite has increased strength over pure lithium and similar soft X-ray transmission characteristics as pure lithium. A soft X-ray blast window may be made from the lithium-lithium hydride composite with increased reliability and cost effectiveness. A method for making a composite material includes dispersing lithium hydride into lithium metal using a variety of dispersion techniques.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Nino R Pereira, M Ashraf Imam
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Publication number: 20100233761Abstract: A method of fractionating biomass, by permeability conditioning biomass suspended in a pH adjusted solution of at least one water-based polar solvent to form a conditioned biomass, intimately contacting the pH adjusted solution with at least one non-polar solvent, partitioning to obtain an non-polar solvent solution and a polar biomass solution, and recovering cell and cell derived products from the non-polar solvent solution and polar biomass solution. Products recovered from the above method. A method of operating a renewable and sustainable plant for growing and processing algae.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Thomas J. Czartoski, Robert Perkins, Jorge L. Villanueva, Glenn Richards
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Publication number: 20100221137Abstract: Provided herein are materials that can achieve up to 14% hydrogen absorption by weight in ambient conditions, which is a marked improvement over the hydrogen absorption values found in the prior art. Further provided are experimental conditions necessary to produce these materials. In order to produce the hydrogen storage material, a transition metal (or Lithium) is vaporized in a pi bond gas in conditions that permit only a few bonding collisions to occur between the vaporized transition metal atoms and pi bond gas molecules before the resulting bonded material is collected.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATIONInventors: Bellave S. Shivaram, Adam B. Phillips
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Publication number: 20100111750Abstract: Methods for the introduction of a reactive material into a vacuum chamber while minimizing or eliminating the simultaneous introduction of contaminating materials or substances. As a result, contaminating materials and substances that can interfere with any measurements or other processes that occur in the vacuum chamber are minimized or eliminated.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2008Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Alan Bruce Touchberry, Terry Dean Stark
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Patent number: 7592073Abstract: A rhenium alloy is provided having from about 50 atomic % to 99 atomic % rhenium and a refractory compound particulates that are present in the alloy in an amount up to about 10 atomic %. The refractory compound comprises a nano-scale dispersion that is incorporated into the conventional rhenium structure. The nano-scale dispersion acts as grain boundary pins that result in a relatively fine grained, equiaxed structure that improves the mechanical properties of the alloy and helps to minimize the growth of large grains during operations at high temperatures. As a result, the amount of the rhenium used in high temperature applications may be reduced without sacrificing its high temperature and mechanical properties. Cryomilling in the presence of nitrogen may be used to prepare the rhenium alloy having a stable fine grain structure at high temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2005Date of Patent: September 22, 2009Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Jerry W. Brockmeyer, Clifford C. Bampton
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Publication number: 20090196814Abstract: Provided is a compound having at least one neutral, positive or negative increased binding energy species formed from a one-electron atom having an atomic mass of at least four and at least one other element. The increased binding energy species has a binding energy greater than the binding energy of the corresponding ordinary species, or greater than the binding energy of any species for which the corresponding ordinary species is unstable or is not observed because the ordinary increased binding energy species' binding energy is less than a thermal energy at ambient conditions, or is negative.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2008Publication date: August 6, 2009Inventor: Randell L. Mills
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Publication number: 20090061321Abstract: The present invention provides a lithium metal powder protected by a substantially continuous layer of a polymer. Such a substantially continuous polymer layer provides improved protection such as compared to typical CO2-passivation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Marina Yakovleva, Yuan Gao, Kenneth Brian Fitch, Prakash Thyaga Palepu, Yangxing Li, Christopher Jay Woltermann
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Publication number: 20090041614Abstract: The invention relates to Group 1 metal/silica gel compositions comprising silica gel and an alkali metal or an alkali metal alloy. The compositions of the inventions are described as Stage 0, I, II, and III materials. These materials differ in their preparation and chemical reactivity. Each successive stage may be prepared directly using the methods described below or from an earlier stage material. Stage 0 materials may, for example, be prepared using liquid alloys of Na and K which are rapidly absorbed by silica gel (porous SiO2) under isothermal conditions, preferably at or just above room temperature, to form loose black powders that retain much of the reducing ability of the parent metals. When the low melting Group 1 metals are absorbed into the silica gel, a mild exothermic reaction produces Stage I material, loose black powders that are indefinitely stable in dry air. Subsequent heating to 400° C. produces Stage II materials, which are also loose black powders. Further heating above 400° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Michael Lefenfeld, James L. Dye
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Publication number: 20080099175Abstract: A method for in-gas micro/nanoimprinting of bulk metallic glass includes steps of preparing a die, heating the bulk metallic glass and in-gas micro/nanoimprinting of the bulk metallic glass. In the step of preparing a die, the die has a micro/nano structure having multiple depressions and a flow channel connected to the depressions. In the step of heating the bulk metallic glass, the bulk metallic glass is heated to a temperature between a glass transition temperature and a crystallization temperature of the bulk metallic glass. In the step of in-gas micro/nanoimprinting, the bulk metallic glass is forced into the die in presence of gas to imprint a complementing micro/nano structure on the bulk metallic glass. Because the die has a flow channel to allow air or gas to escape from the micro/nano structure of the die, the micro/nanoimprinting can be performed in presence of air or gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2007Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Jinn P. Chu, Hadi Wijaya, Chun-Ling Chiang, Chih-Wei Wu
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Publication number: 20080003127Abstract: Disclosed are cover gas compositions comprising fluoroolefins for impeding the oxidation of molten nonferrous metals and alloys, such as magnesium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Matthew H. Luly, Rajiv R. Singh
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Publication number: 20080000647Abstract: Disclosed are cover gas compositions comprising at least one pentafluoropropane for impeding the oxidation of molten nonferrous metals and alloys, such as magnesium.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: January 3, 2008Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Matthew H. Luly, Rajiv R. Singh
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Patent number: 6726892Abstract: Various aspects of the present invention provides a nanocrystalline powder suitable for storing hydrogen and a method of producing such a powder. One embodiment provides a nanocrystalline powder containing crystals of an aluminum alloy selected from the group consisting of NaAlx, LiAlx, and MgAl2x, wherein x is between 0.9 and 1.1, desirably 0.95-1.05, preferably about 1. The nanocrystalline powder also desirably includes an intercalated catalyst selected from the group consisting of C, Ti, Pt, Pd, V, Zr, and combinations of two or more of those materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2002Date of Patent: April 27, 2004Assignee: Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.Inventor: Ming Au
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Patent number: 6583559Abstract: A getter comprising a calcium-aluminum compound including about 39% to about 43% calcium by weight produces a calcium vapor when sufficiently heated. The calcium vapor can condense to form a calcium film on an inside surface of a sealed evacuated enclosure such as a CRT to getter reactive species from the enclosed volume. The calcium-aluminum compound, preferably CaAl2 powder, can be mixed with either nickel powder, titanium powder, or both.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: SAES Getter S.p.A.Inventors: Corrado Carretti, Luca Toia, Claudio Boffito
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Publication number: 20010053346Abstract: The present invention provides a method for combining sodium and aluminum into a single, substantially homogeneous alloy without the need to use potentially dangerous, toxic mercury compounds. The present invention also provides a catalytic alloy that is capable of dissociating water into hydrogen and oxygen, thereby allowing the hydrogen to be utilized as fuel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2001Publication date: December 20, 2001Inventors: Edward W. Baldwin, Russell P. White
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Publication number: 20010014309Abstract: A hydrogen storage composition has a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state; the hydrogenated state comprises a hydrided composition of lithium and an element M which forms a hydride, for example Be or Mg, an element E which forms a compound or solid solution with lithium, e.g. C, B or Zn, or a mixture thereof; there are thus provided reversible Li-based hydrides of high hydrogen capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2001Publication date: August 16, 2001Inventors: Alicja Zaluska, Leszek Zaluski, John Olaf Strom-Olsen
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Patent number: 5605585Abstract: A method for manufacturing hydrogen storage alloy particles comprises steps of obtaining a melt of the hydrogen storage alloy and pulverizing the hydrogen storage alloy by water atomizing process, whereby the melt is pulverized by contacting or colliding with high-speed jetting thereto to be dispersed in the form of solidified fine particles. By employing an aqueous solution of hypophosphorous acid or an alkali aqueous solution in place of water during the water atomizing process, or by etching the oxide films once formed on the surface of the hydrogen storage alloy particles with an aqueous solution of a strong acid, the thickness of the oxide film can be made thinner, and thus a high discharge capacity of a battery configured with a negative electrode comprising the alloy particles can be realized.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1994Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Osamu Yamamoto, Katsunori Komori, Kohei Suzuki, Seiji Yamaguchi, Tadao Kimura, Munehisa Ikoma, Yoshinori Toyoguchi
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Patent number: 5498495Abstract: An alloy for a negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery, comprising an Li-Ag-Te type alloy having an atomic ratio of Li:Ag:Te=15-120:1-20:0.001-2, an alloy for a negative electrode of a lithium secondary battery, comprising an Li-Ag-Te-(M1-M2) type alloy having an atomic ratio of Li:Ag:Te:M1:M2=15-120:1-20:0.001-2:1-50:1-30 wherein M1 is a 3A-5A group metal and M2 is a transition metal other than Ag, and a lithium secondary battery comprising a negative electrode composed of the above-mentioned alloy. According to the present invention, a negative electrode, wherein the growth of dendrite is suppressed, charge-discharge capacity is high, energy density is high and degradation due to repetitive charge-discharge is less, can be obtained.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1995Date of Patent: March 12, 1996Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Takada, Mitsuhiro Marumoto, Kouzou Sasaki
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Patent number: 5350647Abstract: An improved alloy or composite electrode of lithium, magnesium and other materials in which magnesium is in the range of 5 to 50% of the total weight of the composite. The lithium and magnesium metal can be heated until they melt, and combine, and are cast into an ingot which is then formed into the desired shape as an electrode and placed into an electrochemical device or formed as an anode and placed into a battery. Other methods of combination can be used as desired to obtain the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1992Date of Patent: September 27, 1994Inventors: Stephen F. Hope, Joseph B. Kejha
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Patent number: 5332546Abstract: Working fluid for absorption heat pumps operating at very high temperature, particularly 200.degree. to 1000.degree. C., said working fluid being a mixture of at least two constituents, characterized in that the working fluid is constituted by a mixture of at least two chemical elements, whereof the first called the "solvent" is much more volatile than the others called "solutes" at the temperature of the mixture, the nature and proportions of each of the chemical elements in the mixture being chosen in such a way that the Vapour pressure of the mixture is significantly below that of the first, more volatile chemical element throughout the operating cycle of the working fluid in the pump.These chemical elements can in particular be metals such as mercury or sodium, or metalloids such as sulphur.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1991Date of Patent: July 26, 1994Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie AtomiqueInventors: Pierre Le Goff, Bai Q. Liu, Dimitrios Antonakas, Gabriel Marbach
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Patent number: 5283136Abstract: There are provided novel anodes for lithium alloy electrochemical cells, and cells based on such anodes. The alloys used comprise one or more active metals which leaves or leave the anode matrix during discharge of the cell, with the alloy remaining in an intermediate variostoichiometric range during both charge and discharge of the cell. The curve of open circuit voltage as well as working condition voltage versus lithium content of the anode slopes, with no appreciable plateau. A specific embodiment relates to such anodes with a solid polymer electrolyte containing a suitable polymer. Another embodiment refers to porous electrodes made by sintering an alloy powder with a binder.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 1992Date of Patent: February 1, 1994Assignee: Ramot University Authority for Applied Research and Industrial Development Ltd.Inventors: Emanuel Peled, Aryeh Lin
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Patent number: 5215710Abstract: Intermetallic compounds and hydrides thereof, characterized in that they have been prepared by reacting hydrides of the elements of the main groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, magnesium hydridehalides or magnesium dialkyls having the general formula MgR.sub.2 (R=alkyl) in a solvent with bisallyl metal compounds of the metals of the subgroup VIII of the Periodic Table or of zinc or with the homologues of the bisallyl compounds of said metals, and processes for preparing said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 1992Date of Patent: June 1, 1993Assignee: Studiengesellschaft Kohle M.b.H.Inventors: Borislav Bogdanovic, Ursula Wilczok
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Patent number: 5171555Abstract: A transparent, strong CsI alloy havign additions of monovalent iodides. Although the perferred iodide is AgI, RbI and CuI additions also contribute to an improved polycrystalline CsI alloy.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1991Date of Patent: December 15, 1992Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of EnergyInventors: Hyoun-Ee Kim, Arthur J. Moorhead
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Patent number: 5156806Abstract: Ternary metallic alloys of the formula Li.sub.x B.sub.y Mg.sub.z wherein 5.ltoreq.x.ltoreq.0.90, 0.05.ltoreq.y.ltoreq.0.90, 0.05.ltoreq.z.ltoreq.0.90, and x+y+z=1 and a method of preparing them. These alloys find use in areas where superlight weight, high specific strength (strength/weight ratio) and oxidation resistance are required.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 1975Date of Patent: October 20, 1992Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Raymond A. Sutula, Frederick E. Wang
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Patent number: 5133929Abstract: Intermetallic compounds and hydrides thereof, characterized in that they have been prepared by reacting hydrides of the elements of the main groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, magnesium hydridehalides or magnesium dialkyls having the general formula MgR.sub.2 (R=alkyl) in a solvent with bisallyl metal compounds of the metals of the subgroup VIII of the Periodic Table or of zinc or with the homologues of the bisallyl compounds of said metals, and processes for preparing said compounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 1990Date of Patent: July 28, 1992Assignee: Studiengesellschaft Kohle mbHInventors: Borislav Bogdanovic, Ursula Wilczok
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Patent number: 5102475Abstract: A process for obtaining lithium-based thin sheets, generally used for the production of negative plates for accumulators. The thin sheets are formed by adding magnesium to a bath of molten lithium, transforming the alloy into a solid product in a form suitable for rolling, and rolling the solid product obtained by passing it between steel cylinders a plurality of times at ambient temperature to obtain thin sheets.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1990Date of Patent: April 7, 1992Assignee: Pechiney RechercheInventors: Guy-Michel Raynaud, Gilles Regazzoni, Gilles Nussbaum, Max Reboul
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Patent number: 4960564Abstract: Alloy complexes which are composed of (1) lithium (Li, (2) Boron (B), and ) one or more of the following elements: sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), and cesium (Ce). These alloy complexes in powder form react spontaneously with air upon contact to produce large amounts of heat.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 1978Date of Patent: October 2, 1990Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Raymond A. Sutula, Frederick E. Wang
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Patent number: 4872908Abstract: A method of forming a filter cake for filtering liquid metal from particles stable within the liquid metal on an inert, liquid metal permeable substrate in the flow path of the liquid metal to be filtered characterized by depositing the particles in the flow path upstream of the substrate to be carried at least partially by the metal flow and dispersed as a pre-wetted and pre-primed filter cake on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 1987Date of Patent: October 10, 1989Assignee: Alcan International LimitedInventors: Philip G. Enright, Andrew J. Hobbis, Ronald E. Tapping
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Patent number: 4838988Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining crystals of intermetallic compounds, in particular isolated monocrystals, by cooling alloys in the molten state.The process involves using an alloy in the molten state which has a composition such that the first phase to crystallize during its solidification corresponds to the compound to be isolated, cooling it slowly by subjecting it to cyclic stirring and thermal cycling without attaining the temperature at which another solid phase appears then abruptly expelling the residual liquid.The process is used for obtaining large monophase primary crystals of compounds which melt congruently or incongruently, in particular compounds having symmetry of order 5 known as "quasi-crystals".Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 1987Date of Patent: June 13, 1989Assignee: PechineyInventors: Jean-Marc Lang, Bruno Dubost
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Patent number: 4818645Abstract: An electrochemical cell of the liquid cathode type has an anode made of non-solution alloy of lithium and a companion metal of manganese, silicon, molybdenum, or tungsten.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1987Date of Patent: April 4, 1989Assignee: Whittaker Technical Products, Inc.Inventors: Peter B. Harris, James Bennett, Kathy M. Lechiaro, Peter F. Morello, Robert C. McDonald
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Patent number: 4695400Abstract: A ternary alloy consisting of sodium, copper and lead, especially in the form of a slurry in oil, is useful for decontaminating halogenated hydrocarbons by reacting with the halogen therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 1985Date of Patent: September 22, 1987Inventor: Alfred R. Globus
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Patent number: 4512960Abstract: A method and device for conducting gettering. The gettering is conducted with one of an LiB, LiSi or LiAl system. Preferably the LiB system is of the formula Li.sub.x B.sub.1-x wherein 0<x<1 with gettering conducted at room or slightly elevated temperature of about 100.degree.-200.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1983Date of Patent: April 23, 1985Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of EnergyInventor: Raphael Szwarc