Method of making alkali metal hydrides

US9663364B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC. · US

Inventors

• Vitalij K. Pecharsky · Ames, US
• Shalabh Gupta · Manchester, US
• Marek Pruski · Ames, US
• Ihor Hlova · Ames, US
• Andra Castle · Ames, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 23, 2015
• Grant date: May 30, 2017
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C01B6/24
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method is provided for making alkali metal hydrides by mechanochemically reacting alkali metal and hydrogen gas under mild temperature (e.g room temperature) and hydrogen pressure conditions without the need for catalyst, solvent, and intentional heating or cooling.