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US 4,179,491 AGranted
Electrical device with separator as conductor for hydrogen cations
AssigneeNational Research Development Corporation
InventorsArthur T. Howe, Mark G. Shilton
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Abstract
The material H(UO.sub.2)XO.sub.4.nH.sub.2 O, where X is P, As or I(OH).sub.2, conducts protons and when pressed under steadily increasing pressure (subsequently gradually released) may find use as a component of a battery, fuel cell, electrochromic cell, water vapor pressure meter or the like.
Claims3
An electrical device including a separator which is a conductor for hydrogen cations, said conductor comprising the material
- Y(UO.sub.2)XO.sub.4.nH.sub.2 O
- wherein Y is a cation which is at least partially H cation, the remainder being at least one other cation, and wherein X is phosphorous, arsenic or I(OH).sub.2 and wherein n is at about its equilibrium value, said device further including means for causing said hydrogen cations to pass through said separator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.