Liquid surface skimmer apparatus for molten lithium and method

Patent · 01 January 1995

OSTI ID:869890

Robinson, Samuel C ^[1]; Pollard, Roy E ^[2]; Thompson, William F ^[3]; Stark, Marshall W ^[4]

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1. Knoxville, TN
2. Maryville, TN
3. Oak Ridge, TN
4. Gastonia, NC

This invention relates to an apparatus for separating two fluids having different specific gravities. The invention also relates to a method for using the separating apparatus of the present invention. This invention particularly relates to the skimming of molten lithium metal from the surface of a fused salt electrolyte in the electrolytic production of lithium metal from a mixed fused salt.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• Assignee: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): US 5417815
• OSTI ID: 869890
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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