Process for fabricating porous nickel bodies
AssigneeBell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
InventorsConrad D. Helliker, Thomas D. O'Sullivan
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Abstract
A process is described for making porous nickel bodies of various shapes. The process is advantageous because it permits casting, molding or extruding into various shapes before sintering. Such porous nickel bodies are useful as plaques in various kinds of batteries as well as filters, sieves and inert bodies for holding catalysts. Porous nickel bodies might also be useful for promoting heterogeneous gaseous reactions (with or without catalysis) particularly for gaseous exchange reactions.
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A process for making porous nickel bodies by sintering a gel mixture characterized in that prior to sintering, the gel mixture is made by mixing together an aqueous solution of modified cellulose ether which gels on heating and a metal powder consisting essentially of nickel and heating this mixture to a temperature between 50 and 120 degrees C. in order to achieve gelling.
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