CONTROLLING REACTABILITY OF WATER-REACTIVE ALUMINUM

Materials, kits, and methods are directed to controlling reactability of activated aluminum to produce hydrogen when exposed to water. For example, a moisture-stabilized material may be treatable with one or more additives to form a water-reactive source of hydrogen. The moisture-stabilized material...

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Main Authors SLOCUM, Alexander H, SLOCUM, Jonathan T
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.08.2022
Subjects
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
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Summary:Materials, kits, and methods are directed to controlling reactability of activated aluminum to produce hydrogen when exposed to water. For example, a moisture-stabilized material may be treatable with one or more additives to form a water-reactive source of hydrogen. The moisture-stabilized material may include a bulk volume including aluminum, at least one activation metal disposed along the aluminum within the bulk volume, the at least one activation metal more noble than the aluminum, and a salt along at least an outer surface of the bulk volume, the salt dissolvable in water to form an ion-containing solution at a rate faster than a reaction rate of water with the aluminum of the bulk volume.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202217730475