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Materials and methods for the separation of oxygen from air

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OSTI ID:1174396
Metal oxides particularly useful for the manufacture of catalytic membranes for gas-phase oxygen separation processes having the formula: O.sub.5+z where: x and x' are greater than 0; y and y' are greater than 0; x+x' is equal to 2; y+y' is less than or equal to 2; z is a number that makes the metal oxide charge neutral; A is an element selected from the lanthanide elements; A' is an element selected from Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra; A" is an element selected from the f block lanthanides, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Ra; B is an element selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In or mixtures thereof and B" is Co or Mg, with the exception that when B" is Mg, A' and A" are not Mg. The metal oxides are useful for preparation of dense membranes which may be formed from dense thin films of the mixed metal oxide on a porous metal oxide element. The invention also provides methods and catalytic reactors for oxygen separation and oxygen enrichment of oxygen deficient gases which employ mixed conducting metal oxides of the above formula.
Research Organization:
Eltron Research, Inc., Boulder, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG03-96ER82215
Assignee:
Eltron Research, Inc. (Boulder, CO)
Patent Number(s):
6,592,782
Application Number:
09/748,344
OSTI ID:
1174396
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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