Method of making a sodium sulfur battery

Patent · Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:7250621

Elkins, P. E.

A method of making a portion of a sodium sulfur battery is disclosed. The battery portion made is a portion of the container which defines the volume for the cathodic reactant materials which are sulfur and sodium polysulfide materials. The container portion is defined by an outer metal casing with a graphite liner contained therein, the graphite liner having a coating on its internal diameter for sealing off the porosity thereof. The steel outer container and graphite pipe are united by a method which insures that at the operating temperature of the battery, relatively low electrical resistance exists between the two materials because they are in intimate contact with one another. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (Untied States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-2566
• Assignee: Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, MI (United States)
• Patent Number(s): US 4290192; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 6-105848
• OSTI ID: 7250621
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 20 Dec 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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