Material and method to dissociate water
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 nickel and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of germanium, antimony, gallium, thallium, indium, and bismuth.
Claims31
A material for the generation of hydrogen and oxygen from water without spontaneous combustion of the resultant evolved hydrogen which comprises an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury and aluminum, wherein the atomic weight ratio of alkali metal to mercury is from about 1:100 to about 100:1 and the atomic weight ratio of alkali metal to aluminum is from about 1:100 to about 100:1, intimately admixed with a catalytically active alloy of nickel and at least one element selected from the group consisting of germanium, antimony, gallium, thallium, indium, and bismuth.
A process for generating hydrogen and oxygen from water without spontaneous combustion of the resultant hydrogen which comprises contacting water with an amalgam of an alkali metal, mercury and aluminum, wherein the atomic weight ratio of alkali metal to mercury is from about 1:100 to about 100:1 and the atomic weight ratio of alkali metal to aluminum is from about 1:100 to about 100:1, intimately admixed with a nickel containing alloy in a catalytically effective amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.