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Enhanced performance zinc

US6015636A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1998
Grant dateJan 18, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49108
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention provides enhanced performance zinc for use in the negative element of zinc batteries and cells, comprising a mixture of thermally generated zinc particles and particles of electrochemically produced zinc, said particles of electrochemically produced zinc being present in a parts by weight ratio of at least 1:500 relative to said thermally generated zinc.

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