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Method of preparing ceramic surfaces for wetting thereof by alkali metals

US4797332A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1987
Grant dateJan 10, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/10
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides a method of preparing a surface of a ceramic solid electrolyte conductor of alkali metal ions for wetting by said alkali metal in molten form. The method comprises doping the ceramic surface with an oxide of a transition metal. Transition metals such as Fe, Ni, Cu, Mn, Co, Cr or Mo have suitable oxides for doping beta-alumina for wetting by sodium.

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