| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 205357000 | Inorganic compound produced | 14 |
| 20090000954 | Method for making lithium aluminide compound with high lithium content - A method for making lithium aluminide compound with high lithium content is disclosed. The method includes applying an electrolyte composed of lithium chloride, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride to accomplish a diffusive electrolysis under 380˜550° C. temperature. The lithium atoms of the electrolyte are reduced and diffused into an aluminum cathode, and liquid lithium aluminide is formed and floats on the electrolyte. The liquid lithium aluminide is further scooped up from the upper electrolyte and solidified to a lithium aluminide compound with 40˜62 wt % lithium content. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100006448 | Method, apparatus and means for production of metals in a molten salt electrolyte - This invention describes a method of producing a metal, M | 01-14-2010 |
| 205358000 | Silicon, boron, or phosphorus containing | 1 |
| 20130277227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SILICON - An apparatus for producing pure silicon from an electrolyte including a first crucible for receiving the electrolyte, a heat source for heating the electrolyte in the first crucible to form a molten electrolyte, an anode and a cathode which are adapted for electrical/ionic communication with the molten electrolyte wherein electrolysis is able to be applied to the molten electrolyte when a potential difference is provided between the anode and the cathode. A stirring device is adapted for stirring the molten electrolyte when electrolysis is being applied whereby pure silicon is produced which is soluble with the anode to form an alloy. | 10-24-2013 |
| 205359000 | Halogen containing | 6 |
| 20090152122 | Method for electrolyzing molten salt, electrolytic cell, and process for producing ti using said method - The present invention provides a method for electrolyzing molten salt that can enhance the concentration of metal-fog forming metal in the molten salt by carrying out the electrolysis under conditions that the molten salt containing the chloride of metal-fog forming metal is supplied from one end of an electrolytic cell to a space between an anode and a cathode in a continuous or intermittent manner to provide a flow rate in one direction to the molten salt in the vicinity of the surface of the cathode and thus to allow the molten salt to flow in one direction in the vicinity of the surface of the cathode. According to the present invention, while high current efficiency is maintained, only the molten salt enriched with metal-fog forming metal such as Ca can be effectively taken out. Further, this method can easily be carried out by using the electrolytic cell according to the present invention. Furthermore, the application of the method for electrolyzing molten salt according to the present invention to the production of Ti by Ca reduction can realize the production of metallic Ti with high efficiency. Thus, the method for electrolyzing molten salt, the electrolytic cell, and the process for producing Ti, each according to the present invention, can be effectively utilized in the production of Ti by Ca reduction. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100006449 | METHOD OF ELECTROLYTICALLY SYNTHESIZING NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE - The present invention provides an electrolytic synthesis method of nitrogen trifluoride, comprising electrolytically synthesizing nitrogen trifluoride gas from ammonium fluoride in an ammonium fluoride-containing molten salt mixture using a carbonaceous electrode as an anode, wherein the method comprises: a step of dissolving, in the molten salt mixture, metal ions capable of electrolytically yielding a highly oxidized metal fluoride through reaction with fluorine radicals (F.) that are generated upon the discharge of fluoride ions which are a component of the ammonium fluoride, thereby reacting the metal ions with the fluorine radicals (F.) to yield the highly oxidized metal fluoride, and reacting the highly oxidized metal fluoride with ammonium ions on a surface of the electrode and in a solution to synthesize nitrogen trifluoride gas. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20130277228 | METHOD FOR CORIUM AND USED NUCLEAR FUEL STABILIZATION PROCESSING - A method for stabilizing a nuclear material may include electrolytically reducing the nuclear material in a first molten salt electrolyte of an electroreducer to produce a reduced material. A reducer waste may accumulate in the first molten salt electrolyte as a byproduct of the electroreduction. After the electroreduction, the reduced material may be electrolytically dissolved in a second molten salt electrolyte of an electrorefiner to produce a purified metal product on a refiner cathode assembly of the electrorefiner. As a result of the electrorefining, a first refiner waste may accumulate in the second molten salt electrolyte and a second refiner waste may accumulate in a refiner anode assembly of the electrorefiner. The reducer waste from the electroreducer and the first refiner waste from the electrorefiner may be converted into a ceramic waste form, while the second refiner waste from the electrorefiner may be converted into a metallic waste form. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140110269 | Anodes for the Electrolytic Production of Nitrogen Trifluoride and Fluorine - A process and an anode for the production of nitrogen trifluoride or fluorine where the anode in the electrolytic cell is made primarily from parallel ordered anisotropic carbon, including needle coke and/or mesocarbon microbeads. The parallel ordered anisotropic carbon anodes minimize the production of CF | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140360884 | Fluorine Gas Generating Device - A fluorine gas generating device | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140374272 | Electrochemical Fluorination for Processing of Used Nuclear Fuel - A galvanic cell and methods of using the galvanic cell is described for the recovery of uranium from used nuclear fuel according to an electrofluorination process. The galvanic cell requires no input energy and can utilize relatively benign gaseous fluorinating agents. Uranium can be recovered from used nuclear fuel in the form of gaseous uranium compound such as uranium hexafluoride, which can then be converted to metallic uranium or UO | 12-25-2014 |
| 205360000 | Nitrogen containing | 2 |
| 20120138476 | ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE OR NITROGEN TRIFLUORIDE - It is a task of the present invention to provide an electrolytic apparatus for producing fluorine or nitrogen trifluoride by electrolyzing a hydrogen fluoride-containing molten salt, the electrolytic apparatus being advantageous in that the electrolysis can be performed without the occurrence of the anode effect even at a high current density and without the occurrence of an anodic dissolution. In the present invention, this task has been accomplished by an electrolytic apparatus for producing fluorine or nitrogen trifluoride by electrolyzing a hydrogen fluoride-containing molten salt at an applied current density of from 1 to 1,000 A/dm | 06-07-2012 |
| 20150329979 | METHOD FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYSIS OF STEAM AND ANOTHER GAS, RELATED INTERCONNECTOR, ELECTROLYSIS REACTOR AND OPERATING METHODS - A method for high-temperature electrolysis of steam and another gas to be electrolysed, chosen from carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide, implemented in an electrolysis reactor includes a stack of elementary electrolysis cells each made of a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte inserted between the cathode and the anode, and a plurality of electric and fluid interconnectors each arranged between two adjacent elementary cells with one of the surfaces thereof in electric contact with the anode of one of the two elementary cells and the other one of the surfaces thereof in electric contact with the cathode of the other one of the two elementary cells. The steam is supplied and distributed to the cathode of one of the two adjacent elementary cells and either carbon dioxide or nitrogen dioxide is supplied and distributed to the cathode of the other one of the two elementary cells. | 11-19-2015 |
| 205362000 | Oxygen containing | 3 |
| 20090236233 | ALUMINUM ELECTROLYSIS CELL ELECTROLYTE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATING TO THE SAME - Aluminum electrolysis cells and associated system and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aluminum electrolysis cell includes an outer shell, a bottom, a plurality of bath resistant blocks defining a surrounding wall, and at least one spring member coupled to at least one of the plurality of bath resistant blocks and the outer shell, where the at least one spring member is configured to maintain the plurality of bath resistant blocks in a substantially leak-tight configuration. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20140339095 | PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIS OF CALCIUM OXIDE - The present invention relates to processes for making calcium oxide electrolytically using calcium carbonate as a starting material. In a direct process, the present invention involves heating calcium carbonate to a temperature greater than its melting point or heating a molten mixture containing calcium carbonate; and subjecting the molten calcium carbonate or molten mixture to electrolysis to generate calcium oxide and oxygen, and a reduced carbon product. In an indirect process, the present invention involves heating solid calcium carbonate in a closed container to cause thermal decomposition to calcium oxide, and directing the evolved hot carbon dioxide byproduct into a molten carbonate solution, and subjecting the hot carbon dioxide molten mixture to electrolysis to generate solid carbon and oxygen, and a reduced carbon product | 11-20-2014 |
| 20160010221 | LITHIUM NIOBITE COMPOSITIONS, SYNTHESES, DEVICES, AND STRUCTURES | 01-14-2016 |
