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Apparatus for the production of hydrogen and oxygen

US4274938A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Kernforschungsanlage Lulich Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Schulten · Aachen, DE
Friedrich Behr
Helmut Wenzl · Jülich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 1979
Grant date	Jun 23, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/12063
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for producing hydrogen and oxygen or oxides wherein electrolysis of an aqueous system is carried out using, in the cathode compartment of the electrolysis cell, a hydride-forming liquid metal, the resulting hydride being thermally decomposed to produce the hydrogen.

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