Method and device for secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon
Abstract
A method and device for producing secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. A substrate comprising carbon is provided. A precursor is intercalated between carbon in the substrate. The precursor intercalated in the substrate is irradiated until at least a portion of the precursor, preferably a majority of the precursor, is transmutated into tritium and bonds with carbon of the substrate forming bonded tritium. The resulting bonded tritium, tritium bonded with carbon, produces electrons via beta decay. The substrate is preferably a substrate from the list of substrates consisting of highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotunes, buckministerfullerenes, and combinations thereof. The precursor is preferably boron-10, more preferably lithium-6. Preferably, thermal neutrons are used to irradiate the precursor. The resulting bonded tritium is preferably used to generate electricity either directly or indirectly.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1245414
- Patent Number(s):
- 9305674
- Application Number:
- 13/427,165
- Assignee:
- U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21G - CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS
G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21H - OBTAINING ENERGY FROM RADIOACTIVE SOURCES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Mar 22
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 25 ENERGY STORAGE
Citation Formats
Wertsching, Alan Kevin, Trantor, Troy Joseph, Ebner, Matthias Anthony, and Norby, Brad Curtis. Method and device for secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. United States: N. p., 2016.
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Wertsching, Alan Kevin, Trantor, Troy Joseph, Ebner, Matthias Anthony, & Norby, Brad Curtis. Method and device for secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. United States.
Wertsching, Alan Kevin, Trantor, Troy Joseph, Ebner, Matthias Anthony, and Norby, Brad Curtis. Tue .
"Method and device for secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1245414.
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title = {Method and device for secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon},
author = {Wertsching, Alan Kevin and Trantor, Troy Joseph and Ebner, Matthias Anthony and Norby, Brad Curtis},
abstractNote = {A method and device for producing secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. A substrate comprising carbon is provided. A precursor is intercalated between carbon in the substrate. The precursor intercalated in the substrate is irradiated until at least a portion of the precursor, preferably a majority of the precursor, is transmutated into tritium and bonds with carbon of the substrate forming bonded tritium. The resulting bonded tritium, tritium bonded with carbon, produces electrons via beta decay. The substrate is preferably a substrate from the list of substrates consisting of highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotunes, buckministerfullerenes, and combinations thereof. The precursor is preferably boron-10, more preferably lithium-6. Preferably, thermal neutrons are used to irradiate the precursor. The resulting bonded tritium is preferably used to generate electricity either directly or indirectly.},
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year = {Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
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