Water dissociation method and material
AssigneeHorizon Manufacturing Corporation
InventorEugene R. Anderson
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Abstract
A material and method for the decomposition/dissociation of water into hydrogen and oxygen is disclosed. The material comprises an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury, and aluminum combined with a catalytically effective amount of an alloy comprising a metal selected from the platinum metal family and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of germanium, antimony, gallium, thallium, indium, cadmium, bismuth, lead, zinc and tin.
Claims28
A material for the generation of hydrogen and oxygen from water which comprises an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury and aluminum wherein the atomic ratio of alkali metal to mercury is from about 3:1 to about 1:1.5 and the atomic weight ratio of alkali metal to aluminum is from about 1:1 to about 3:1 combined with an alloy of a metal selected from the platinum metals family and at least one element selected from the group consisting of germanium, antimony, gallium, thallium, indium, cadmium, bismuth, lead, zine and tin.
A process for the generation of hydrogen and oxygen from water which comprises contacting water with an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury and aluminum wherein the atomic ratio of alkali metal to mercury is from about 3:1 to about 1:1.5 and the atomic weight ratio of alkali metal to aluminum is from about 1:1 to about 3:1 combined with an alloy containing a metal selected from the platinum metal family.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.