Material and method to dissociate water at controlled rates

A material and method for the decomposition/dissociation of water into hydrogen and oxygen is disclosed. The material comprises an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury, and aluminum combined with a catalytically effective amount of an alloy comprising platinum and at least one metal selected from the...

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Main Author ANDERSON; EUGENE R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.04.1982
Subjects
ALLOYS
CHEMISTRY
COMPOUNDS THEREOF
FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
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Summary:A material and method for the decomposition/dissociation of water into hydrogen and oxygen is disclosed. The material comprises an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury, and aluminum combined with a catalytically effective amount of an alloy comprising platinum and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of germanium, antimony, gallium, thallium, indium, cadmium, bismuth, lead, zinc and tin, and with an extender metal to control the rate of dissociation of the water while being non-reactive with the amalgam during dissociation.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19790085374