摘要:
Ceramic materials are disclosed which have comprehensive characteristics of high ion-conductivity for alkali metal cations at low temperatures, high selectivity for alkali metal ions, good current efficiency and stability in water and corrosive media under static and electrochemical conditions. Also disclosed is an electrochemical cell, the electrolyte of which employs the disclosed ceramic materials, for use in electrolysis of aqueous alkali salt solutions to form caustic.
摘要:
An improved electrochemical cell comprising an additive-modified molten alkali metal electrode-reactant and/or electrolyte is disclosed. Various electrochemical cells employing a molten alkali metal, e.g., sodium, electrode in contact with a cationically conductive ceramic membrane experience a lower resistance and a lower temperature coefficient of resistance whenever small amounts of selenium are present at the interface of the electrolyte and the molten alkali metal. Further, cells having small amounts of selenium present at the electrolyte-molten metal interface exhibit less degradation of the electrolyte under long term cycling conditions.
摘要:
An energy conversion device comprising an improved sealing member adapted to seal a cation-permeable casing to the remainder of the device. The sealing member comprises a metal substrate which (i) bears a nonconductive and corrosion resistant coating on the major surface to which said casing is sealed, and (ii) is corrugated so as to render it flexible, thereby allowing said member to move relative to said casing without cracking the seal therebetween. Corrugations may be circumferential, radial, or both radial and circumferential so as to form dimples. The corrugated member may be in form of a bellows or in a substantially flat form, such as a disc.
摘要:
Methods of preparing a dense and strong polycrystalline .beta."-alumina-containing ceramic body exhibiting an electrical resistivity for sodium ion conduction at 300.degree. C of 9 ohm-cm or lower obtained directly after sintering and having a controlled fine microstructure exhibiting a uniform grain size under 50 micrometers. The invention more particularly relates to methods of uniformly distributing selected metal ions having a valence not greater than 2, e.g. lithium or magnesium, uniformly throughout the beta-type alumina composition prior to sintering to form .beta."-alumina. This uniform distribution allows more complete conversion of .beta.-alumina to .beta."-alumina during sintering. As a result, the polycrystalline .beta."-alumina containing ceramic bodies obtained by methods of this invention exhibit high density, low porosity, high strength, fine grain size (i.e. no grains over 25-50 micrometers with an average size under 5-10 micrometers), low electrical resistivity and a high resistance to degradation by water vapor in an ambient atmosphere.
摘要:
A core-shell catalyst material can include a core and a shell material. Each of the core material and the shell material can have crystal structures and lattice parameters which allow for a substantially coherent core-shell interface. The shell material can include a catalytically active metal. The circumferential stress of the shell material, σθθ, at the core-shell interface and at the shell surface, is greater than 0 (tensile) or can be compressive of a lower magnitude than a catalyst made of the shell material alone. The crystal structures of the core material can often be the same as the shell material, although this is not always required.
摘要:
Ceramic bodies having a balanced overall stress pattern in which are present individual stress zones of compressive and tensile stresses and the techniques for forming said bodies are disclosed. The bodies are formed by having slightly different compositional patterns from one zone to another whereby during cooling there is a differential volumetric expansion or contraction in one zone as compared to an adjacent zone. The volumetric expansion or contraction is caused by a material which undergoes a phase transformation during the cooling from the sintering temperatures utilized to sinter the ceramic body, whereby such phase transformation is accompanied by a volumetric change.
摘要:
Structural failures, as in metal aircraft structures, are rapidly detected and measured by use of a new detection system comprising a thin film adhesively bonded to the metal structural surface to be monitored, said film containing a plurality of thin continuous strips which are adapted to be broken when a crack appears under the strips, said strips being substantially parallel but insulated from each other and the metal structural surface and arranged in a pattern such that there is frequent change in direction of the strips as in a zig-zag or rectangular pattern, each of said strips constituting a separate circuit joined to an electric power source and a sensing and recording means capable of detecting and recording any circuit failure caused by disruption of the metal strip, said disruption being caused by the formation of a crack under the said strip.
摘要:
A method for lowering the activation energy of a polycrystalline ceramic electrolyte is disclosed. Polycrystalline ceramic electrolytes, such as beta-alumina, when contacted with hydrogen selenide exhibit a lower activation energy than untreated electrolytes.
摘要:
A core-shell catalyst material can include a core and a shell material. Each of the core material and the shell material can have crystal structures and lattice parameters which allow for a substantially coherent core-shell interface. The shell material can include a catalytically active metal. The circumferential stress of the shell material, Gee, at the core-shell interface and at the shell surface, is greater than 0 (tensile) or can be compressive of a lower magnitude than a catalyst made of the shell material alone. The crystal structures of the core material can often be the same as the shell material, although this is not always required.
摘要:
A ceramic comprising a matrix of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, ZrO.sub.2 (partially or fully stabilized) or mixtures of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and ZrO.sub.2 with strontium aluminate plate-shaped grains distributed throughout the matrix results in a ceramic with high toughness, high strength and good hardness. SrO/Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 molar ratios between 0.02 and 0.20 result in in-situ formation of plate-shaped grains approximately 0.5 .mu.m in thickness and 5.0 .mu.m in breadth in tetragonal zirconia polycrystalline ceramic matrices. The in-situ formation of strontium aluminates allows high volume loading of platelets to occur and high toughness is achieved without the loss of strength. High alumina compositions have the added benefit of higher strength, lower thermal expansion, higher modulus and higher thermal conductivity than zirconia ceramics with comparable toughness.
摘要翻译:包含Al2O3,ZrO2(部分或完全稳定)的基体或Al 2 O 3与ZrO 2的混合物与分布在整个基体中的铝酸锶板状颗粒的陶瓷产生具有高韧性,高强度和良好硬度的陶瓷。 SrO / Al2O3摩尔比在0.02和0.20之间导致在四方晶氧化锆多晶陶瓷基体中原位形成厚度约0.5μm的板状晶粒和宽度为5.0μm的板状晶粒。 铝酸锶的原位形成允许发生血小板的高体积负载,并且在没有强度损失的情况下实现高韧性。 高氧化铝组合物具有比具有相当韧性的氧化锆陶瓷更高的强度,更低的热膨胀,更高的模量和更高的热导率的附加益处。