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Title: Method for charging a hydrogen getter

Abstract

A method for charging a sample of either a permanent or reversible getter material with a high concentration of hydrogen while maintaining a base pressure below 10.sup.-4 torr at room temperature involves placing the sample of hydrogen getter material in a chamber, activating the sample of hydrogen getter material, overcharging the sample of getter material through conventional charging techniques to a high concentration of hydrogen, and then subjecting the sample of getter material to a low temperature vacuum bake-out process. Application of the method results in a reversible hydrogen getter which is highly charged to maximum capacities of hydrogen and which concurrently exhibits minimum hydrogen vapor pressures at room temperatures.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Golden, CO
  2. Westminster, CO
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
871838
Patent Number(s):
5807533
Assignee:
Midwest Research Institute (Kansas City, MO)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
method; charging; hydrogen; getter; sample; permanent; reversible; material; concentration; maintaining; base; pressure; below; 10; -4; torr; temperature; involves; placing; chamber; activating; overcharging; conventional; techniques; subjecting; vacuum; bake-out; process; application; results; highly; charged; maximum; capacities; concurrently; exhibits; minimum; vapor; pressures; temperatures; vapor pressure; hydrogen getter; highly charged; getter material; reversible hydrogen; temperature vacuum; method results; pressure below; involves placing; vapor pressures; /423/420/

Citation Formats

Tracy, C Edwin, Keyser, Matthew A, and Benson, David K. Method for charging a hydrogen getter. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Tracy, C Edwin, Keyser, Matthew A, & Benson, David K. Method for charging a hydrogen getter. United States.
Tracy, C Edwin, Keyser, Matthew A, and Benson, David K. Thu . "Method for charging a hydrogen getter". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/871838.
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abstractNote = {A method for charging a sample of either a permanent or reversible getter material with a high concentration of hydrogen while maintaining a base pressure below 10.sup.-4 torr at room temperature involves placing the sample of hydrogen getter material in a chamber, activating the sample of hydrogen getter material, overcharging the sample of getter material through conventional charging techniques to a high concentration of hydrogen, and then subjecting the sample of getter material to a low temperature vacuum bake-out process. Application of the method results in a reversible hydrogen getter which is highly charged to maximum capacities of hydrogen and which concurrently exhibits minimum hydrogen vapor pressures at room temperatures.},
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year = {1998},
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