Abstract:
A getter device for releasing an evaporable getter metal such as barium in a vacuum tube comprising a ring and a getter metal releasing material attached to the ring. The getter metal releasing material has a zone of high density adjacent to the ring. It also has a zone of low density adjacent to the zone of high density. In getter devices of the present invention, upon release of the getter metal, the getter metal releasing material remains attached to the ring.
Abstract:
An alkali metal generator comprising: an evacuated container; at least one heat-responsive source of an alkali metal vapor in the container; a closed conduit for connecting the evacuated container to a vessel to be charged with the alkali metal vapor; and means for opening said closed conduit. The container can also have a getter device.
Abstract:
A method of producing a substrate having a particulate coating of high surface area to mass ratio, said method comprising in sequence the steps of: I. disposing particles between a substrate and an intermediate body wherein the particles are harder than the substrate; and the intermediate body is softer than the particles but is harder than the substrate; II. compressing the substrate and intermediate body, with particles therebetween whereby the intermediate body pushes the particles into the substrate; and III. removing the intermediate body from the particles leaving them embedded in the substrate. The coating substrates produced by the process of the present invention find utility as catalytic devices to accelerate or retard chemical reactions, as getter devices to sorb residual gases in closed vessels such as electronic tubes, and with further processing as capacitors.
Abstract:
Compositions of matter which release alkali metal vapors comprising an alkali metal compound and a reducing agent for the compound wherein the reducing agent is an alloy of 5 to 30 weight percent aluminum balance zirconium. These compositions are useful in processes for the release of alkali metal vapors used in the production of photosensitive surfaces in vacuum tubes.
Abstract:
A catalytic cartridge formed of a strip folded alternately in opposite directions such that the strip comprises a plurality of members. Each member comprises a first spirated segment, an outer circumferential segment, a second spirated segment, and an inner circumferential segment. The inner circumferential segment of any given member is attached to the first spirated segment of the next member. A catalytic material is carried by the strip.
Abstract:
A CAPACITOR COMPRISING: (A) A FIRST CAPACITOR PLATE COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN AT LEAST ONE SURFACE THEREOF; (B) A DIELECTRIC COMPRISING A THIN, ELECTRICALLY NONCONDUCTIVE COATING DISPOSED ENTIRELY OVER THE EXPOSED PORTIONS OF THE PARTICLES AND THE SUBSTRATE; (C) A SECOND CAPACITOR PLATE COMPRISING A CONTINUOUS ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING DISPOSED OVER THE SURFACE OF THE NON-CONDUCTIVE COATING. PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING THESE CAPACITORS ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.
Abstract:
A CATALYTIC STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR CATALYZING CHEMICAL REACTIONS. THE CATALYST STRUCTURE COMPRISES: (A) A METALLIC SUBSTRATE; AND (B) A FINELY DIVIDED CATALYTIC MATERIAL PARTIALLY EMBEDDED IN THE SUBSTRATE AND PROJECTING THEREFROM.
Abstract:
Mercury releasing getter devices employing intermetallic compounds of mercury with zirconium and/or titanium such as Zr3Hg and Ti3Hg related compositions of matter and uses thereof to charge electron tubes with mercury.