Material and method for obtaining hydrogen and oxygen by dissociation of water
Patent
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OSTI ID:5738468
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.
- Assignee:
- Horizon Manufacturing Corp
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4182748
- OSTI ID:
- 5738468
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MERCURY ALLOYS
METALS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WATER
080102 -- Hydrogen-- Production-- Thermochemical Processes
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400201* -- Chemical & Physicochemical Properties
ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
CATALYSTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MERCURY ALLOYS
METALS
NONMETALS
OXYGEN
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLATINUM
PLATINUM METALS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WATER