Electrolysis: processes – compositions used therein – and methods – Electrolytic material treatment – Metal or metal alloy
Patent
1995-07-14
1997-05-20
Gorgos, Kathryn L.
Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods
Electrolytic material treatment
Metal or metal alloy
205219, 205210, 205212, 205213, 205215, 205216, 205217, 205710, 205711, C25F 500, C25D 534, C25D 544
Patent
active
056309333
ABSTRACT:
Metal hydrides are activated by an electrochemical procedure. In this procedure, a bulk sample of the corresponding metal is immersed in an aqueous electrolyte and contacted by a cathode. Current passed through the aqueous electrolyte causes electrolysis of the water and a concomitant reaction with the formation of metal hydride. As a result, the metal hydride is fractured and smaller particles result. Additionally, the resulting metal hydride has a substantial amount of absorbed hydrogen. A novel plating method, taking advantage of the reducing power of hydrogen absorbed in a metal hydride, is useful to encapsulate such metal hydride with a variety of metals. Therefore, such hydrides are uniformly coated by using plating solutions without the standard reducing agent and stabilizer.
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Law Henry H.
Vyas Brijesh
Gorgos Kathryn L.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Rittman Scott J.
Schneider Bruce S.
Wong Edna
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