Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF A CERAMIC-LIKE POROUS POTASSIUM TITANATE MEMBER HAVING HIGH STRENGTH, FINE SUBSTANTIALLY UBIFORM PORE SIZE AND RESISTANVE TO AKALI SUITABLE FOR USE NIFORM BAT ERY SEPARATOR FUEL CELL MEMBRANE OR FILTER MEDIUM PREPARED ACCORDING TO ONE EMBODIMENT BY ADDING AN ORGANIC BINDER PARTICULARLY A WAX SUCH AS A POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL WAX (CARBOWAX), TO POTASSIUM TITANATE FIBERS, COMPRESSING THE RESULTING MIXTURE INTO BLOCKS, BREAKING AND GRANULATING SAID BLOCKS INTO PARTICULATES, COMPRESSING THE GRAULES INTO A MEMBER OR SHEET, SLOWLY HEATING THE RESULTING MEMBER AT TEMPERATURE OF AOUT 400 TO ABOUT 600*C TO DECOMPOSED THE ORGANIC BINDER, AND FIRING THE RESULTING MEMBER OR SHEET AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 1,000 TO 1,370*C.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF INORGANIC POROUS SINTERED BATTERY SEPARATOR SUBSTANTIALLY ELIMINATING FORMATION OF GAS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A ZINC ELECTRODE, AND PERMITTING LONG CYCLE LIFE OF A HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY SUCH AS A SILVER-ZINC BATTERY, PRODUCED ACCORDING TO ONE EMBODIMENT BY INITIALLY FIRING A MIXTURE OF MAGNESIUM-BEARING MATERIAL, E.G., MGO, MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL, E.G., MNO, AND SILICA (SIO2) AT TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1,100 TO ABOUT 1,400*C., TO PRODUCE A MAGNESIUM SILICATE-MANGANESE SILICATE COMPOSITION, GRANULATING AND COMPACTING SAID COMPOSITION INTO PLAQUES, AND SINTERING SAID COMPACTED PLAQUES AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 1,000 TO ABOUT 1,300*C., TO PRODUCE POROUS SINTERED SEPARATOR MEMBERS, IN THE FORM OF A SINTERED SOLID SOLUTION OF MAGNESIUM SILICATE AND MANGANESE SILICATE, HAVING GOOD TRANSVERSE STRENGTH AND LOW RESISTIVITY.
Abstract:
METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPROVED BATTERY SEPARATOR, IN THE FORM OF A FLEXIBLE MICROPOROUS SEPARATOR FILM CONTAINING PARTICLES OF AN INROGANIC SUBSTANCE IN AN ORGANIC BINDER SUCH SEPARATOR HAVING GOOD IONIC CONDUCTIVITY AND GOOD THERMAL AND ALKALI RESISTANCE, BY MIXING AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF A SUBSTANCE WHICH IS INSOLUBLE IN WATER AND IN ALKALI AND OF FINE PARTICLE SIZE E.G. ZIRCONIA WITH AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF A LATEX TYPE POLYMER SUCH AS A FLUOROCARBON POLYMER, E.G. POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE, CASTING A FILM OF SUCH MIXTURE DRYING THE FILM, SINTERING THE DRIED FILM, AND FORMING A FILM OF SAID POLYMER WITH PARTICLES OF SUCH SUBSTANCE, E.G. ZIRCONIA, UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED IN SUCH FILM, AND PREFERABLY INCLUDING TREATING SUCH SINTERED FILM WITH ALKALIS, PREFERALY AQUEOUS KOH, TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE THE CONDUCTIVITY OF SUCH FILM. THE RESULTING FLEXIBLE SEPARATOR FILM PRODUCED BY SUCH PROCESS.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF INORGANIC POROUS SINTERED BATTERY SEPARATOR ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATING FORMATION OF GAS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A ZINC ELECTRODE, AND ALSO HAVING A DENDRITE FORMATION INHIBITING EFFECT ON SUCH ZINC ELECTRODE, PERMITTING LONG CYCLE LIFE OF A HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY SUCH AS A SILVER-ZINC OR NICKEL-ZINC BATTERY, AND PROVIDING A SEALED BATTERY, PRODUCED ACCORDING TO ONE EMBODIMENT BY INITIALLY FIRING A MIXTURE OF MAGNESIUM-BEARING MATERIAL, E.G., MGO, A SUBSTANCE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ZINC-BEARING MATERIAL SUCH AS ZNO AND MANGANESE-BEARING MATERIAL SUCH AS MNO, LEAD-BEARING MATERIAL SUCH PBO, AND SILICA (SIO2), AT TEMPERATURE AT THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1,100 TO ABOUT 1,400*C. TO PRODUCE A MAGNESIUM SILICATE-ZINC SILICATE, OR MAGNESIUM SILICATE-
MANGANESE SILICATE COMPOSITION, IN EACH CASE CONTAINING COMBINED LEAD, E.G., AS LEAD SILICATE, GRANULATING AND COMPACTING SAID COMPOSITION INTO PLAQUES, AND SINTERING SAID COMPACTED PLAQUES AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 1,000 TO ABOUT 1,300*C., TO PRODUCE POROUS SINTERED SEPARATOR MEMBERS, IN THE FORM OF A SINTERED SOLID SOLUTION OF MAGNESIUM SILICATE, ZINC SILICATE OR MANGANESE SILICATE, AND COMBINED LEAD, E.G., IN THE FORM OF LEAD SILICATE, HAVING GOOD TRANSVERSE STRENGTH AND LOW RESISTIVITY.
Abstract:
PRODUCTION OF INORGANIC POROUS SINTERED BATTERY SEPARATOR ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATING FORMATION OF GAS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH A ZINC ELECTRODE, AND PERMITTING LONG CYCLE LIFE OF A HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY SUCH AS A SILVER-ZINC BATTERY, PRODUCED ACCORDING TO ONE EMBODIMENT BYY INITIALLY FIRING A MIXTURE OF MAGNESIUM-BEARING MATERIAL, E.G., MGO, LEAD-BEARING MATERIAL, E.G., PBO, AND SILICA (SIO2), AT TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 1,100 TO ABOUTT 1,550*C., TO PRODUCE A MAGNESIUM SILICATE-LEAD SILICATE COMPOSITION, GRANULATING AND COMPACTING SAID COMPOSITION INTO PLAQUES, AND SINTERING SAID COMPACTED PLAQUES AT TEMPERATURE RANGING FROM ABOUT 800 TO ABOUT 1,250*C., TO PRODUCE POROUS SINTERED SEPPARATOR MEMBERS, IN THE FORM OF A SINTERED COMPOSITION OR COMPOSITE OF MAGNESIUM SILICATE AND LEAD SILICATE, HAVING GOOD TRANSVERSE STRENGTH AND LOW RESISTIVITY.
Abstract:
Production of inorganic porous sintered battery separator substantially reducing formation of gas when in contact with a zinc electrode, and having a dendrite formation inhibiting effect on such zinc electrode, permitting long cycle life of a high energy density battery such as a silver-zinc or nickel-zinc battery, and providing a sealed battery, produced by firing or sintering a compacted magnesium silicate-iron silicate composition, e.g., derived from the mineral olivine, and containing combined lead, e.g., as lead silicate, at temperature ranging from about 1,000*C to about 1,300*C in non-oxidizing atmosphere, e.g., a carbon monoxide-carbon dioxide atmosphere, to produce a porous sintered membrane consisting essentially of magnesium silicate, iron silicate and combine lead, e.g., in the form of lead silicate, the iron content thereof being substantially entirely in ferrous form.