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Method for producing oxygen and hydrogen

US5709791A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 1996
Grant dateJan 20, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E60/36
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

There are provided a method of producing a hydrogen halide and oxygen by reacting water with a halogen using activated carbon as a catalyst, a method of producing hydrogen by thermal decomposition of a hydrogen halide using chromium oxide as a catalyst, and a method of producing oxygen and hydrogen by combining these two methods.

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