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Material and method to dissociate water at controlled rates

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5195066
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.
Assignee:
EDB-82-138956
Patent Number(s):
US 4324777
OSTI ID:
5195066
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
080100* -- Hydrogen-- Production
ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM
ANTIMONY
BISMUTH
CADMIUM
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
DISSOCIATION
ELEMENTS
GALLIUM
GERMANIUM
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
INDIUM
KINETICS
LEAD
MERCURY ALLOYS
METALS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
REACTION KINETICS
THALLIUM
TIN
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WATER
ZINC