Device for recovering sodium hydride

• Main Authors: Putvinski, Sergei, Agnew, Stephen
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.01.2003

A device and method for producing sodium (Na) from a feed material such as a mixture of methane (CH 4 ) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) includes a plasma torch configured to heat the feed material to a temperature sufficient to reduce and ionize sodium (Na). As such, a plasma jet is created by the plasm...