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Lithium alloy anode for thermal cells

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6957535
This patent describes as an article of manufacture, an anode wafer for a thermal cell, the anode wafer comprising particles of a lithium anode alloy bonded with particles of a metal binder, the lithium anode alloy being of the class consisting of lithium-aluminum alloys; lithium-silicon alloys; and lithium-boron alloys, the metal binder being of the class consisting of unalloyed iron, copper, nickel, manganese; and mixtures thereof, and wherein substantially all the metal binder in the wafer remains present as a discrete phase, unalloyed with the lithium alloy.
Assignee:
Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., Cincinnati, OH
Patent Number(s):
US 4626335
OSTI ID:
6957535
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English