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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344690 | Imide/amide hydrogen storage materials and methods In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such composition comprises an amide and a hydride. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an imide. | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341703 | Mixed hydrogen generation material In one aspect, the invention provides a novel quaternary hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. Further, the present invention provides methods of storing hydrogen in a hydrogen storage composition, and methods of releas... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316788 | Materials for storage and release of hydrogen and methods for preparing and using same The invention relates to materials for storing and releasing hydrogen and methods for preparing and using same. The materials exhibit fast release rates at low release temperatures and are suitable as fuel and/or hydrogen sources for a variety of applications such a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314579 | Hydrogen generation material The dispersion of metal-element containing additives with hydrogen storage particles of the family of hydrogen-rich materials, M′xM″yNzHd as specified herein, markedly lowers the temperature at which hydrogen is remove... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7294323 | Method of producing a chemical hydride A method of producing a chemical hydride is described and which includes selecting a composition having chemical bonds and which is capable of forming a chemical hydride; providing a source of a hydrocarbon; and reacting the composition with the source of the hydroc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7279222 | Solid-state hydrogen storage systems Improved hydrogen storage materials are disclosed. A first material comprises a hydrogen storage nanomaterial that contains nanoparticles or nanoparticle clusters of a metal that is capable of combining with hydrogen to form a metal hydride. The nanomaterials may be... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7166150 | Scaffolded borazane-lithium hydride hydrogen storage materials In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composite formed of a mesoporous scaffolding material and a hydrogen storage composition comprising precursors that react to form quarternary B—H—Li—N composition. In another aspect, the invention provid... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7153489 | Method of producing hydrogen A method of producing hydrogen is disclosed and which includes providing a first composition; providing a second composition; reacting the first and second compositions together to produce a chemical hydride; providing a liquid and reacting the chemical hydride with... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7128997 | Method and system for dispensing pelletized fuel for use with a fuel cell Representative embodiments provide for a fuel activation device including a fuel storage chamber configured to store a plurality of fuel pellets arranged as a stack. A fuel dispensing device is configured to transport a fuel pellet to a fuel activation chamber. A sp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7094387 | Complex hydrides for hydrogen storage A hydrogen storage material and process of forming the material is provided in which complex hydrides are combined under conditions of elevated temperatures and/or elevated temperature and pressure with a titanium metal such as titanium butoxide. The resulting fused... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7011768 | Methods for hydrogen storage using doped alanate compositions The present invention concerns compositions, apparatus and methods for hydrogen storage. In certain embodiments, the compositions comprise sodium alanate and {n5-C5H5}2TiH2. In preferred embodiments, the compone... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6967012 | Imide/amide hydrogen storage materials and methods In one aspect, the invention provides a hydrogen storage composition having a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state. In the hydrogenated state, such composition comprises an amide and a hydride. In a dehydrogenated state, the composition comprises an imide. | 11/22/2005 |
| 6793909 | Direct synthesis of catalyzed hydride compounds A method is disclosed for directly preparing alkali metal aluminum hydrides such as NaAlH4 and Na3AlH6 from either the alkali metal or its hydride, and aluminum. The hydride thus prepared is doped with a small portion of a transition... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6733725 | Reversible hydrogen storage composition Hydrogen storage compositions which liberate hydrogen readily and which are readily regenerated from a dehydrogenated state formed by liberation of hydrogen are derived from an AlH3-based complex hydride incorporating a member selected from a metalloid su... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6680042 | Method of rapidly carrying out a hydrogenation of a hydrogen storage material Disclosed is a method for rapidly carrying out a hydrogenation of a material capable of absorbing hydrogen. It was discovered that when a powder of a material capable of absorbing hydrogen is ground under a hydrogen pressure, not at room temperature but a... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6676921 | Method for preparation of lithium aluminum hydride from sodium aluminum hydride A method for preparing a lithium aluminum hydride solution comprising lithium aluminum hydride, toluene and tetrahydrofuran by the steps of: (a) combining lithium chloride, tetrahydrofuran, and a slurry of sodium aluminum hydride in toluene; and (b) allow... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6608008 | Lithium hydroxide compositions There is provided concentrated aqueous solutions of highly pure lithium hydroxide essentially free of carbon dioxide, packaged in an inert atmosphere.... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6593017 | High capacity calcium lithium based hydrogen storage material and method of making the same A nonreversible metal hydride for use as a hydrogen fuel. The nonreversible metal hydride is formed from an intermetallic compound having the formula Ca1+a Li2+b. The Ca1+a Li2+b is formed by melting amounts of ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6555078 | Method of preparing lithium salts The present invention provides an inexpensive process for the preparation of lithium salts of formula LiX having a desired or required level of purity using lithium chloride and lithium sulfate. In the process of the invention, a lithium salt selected fro... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6530961 | Alkaline aqueous solutions and use thereof in processes for dyeing cellulosic textile materials Described are aqueous solutions comprising sodium hydroxide and potassium carbonate in a molar ratio of 1:1.7 to 1:0.5, which are useful for preparing alkaline dyeing liquors, especially padding liquors, of fiber-reactive dyes for producing dyeings on cel... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6514478 | Li-based hydrogen storage composition A hydrogen storage composition has a hydrogenated state and a dehydrogenated state; the hydrogenated state comprises a hydrided composition of lithium and an element M which forms a hydride, for example Be or Mg, an element E which forms a compound or sol... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6471935 | Hydrogen storage materials and method of making by dry homogenation Dry homogenized metal hydrides, in particular aluminum hydride compounds, as a material for reversible hydrogen storage is provided. The reversible hydrogen storage material comprises a dry homogenized material having transition metal catalytic sites on a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6387152 | Process for manufacturing nanocrystalline metal hydrides In a process of producing nanocrystalline metal hydrides, an elemental metal hydride of a first kind is subjected to a mechanical milling process with at least one elemental metal or at least one additional metal hydride to produce an alloy hydride.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6251349 | Method of fabrication of complex alkali metal hydrides Novel hydrides are produced by mechanically alloying at least two different hydrides, preferably at least one simple alkali metal hydride and at least one complex alkali metal hydride such as an alkali metal aluminum hydride; the method of production is s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6221331 | Method of synthesis of lithium substituted borohydride reagents and method of synthesis of reactive lithium hydride A synthetic route for forming lithium trisubstituted borohydride compounds comprises the step of reacting a processed lithium hydride reactant with a trisubstituted borane wherein the reaction is maintained for a period of time in a temperature range of a... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6139815 | Hydrogen lithium titanate and manufacturing method therefor Hydrogen lithium titanate prepared by an acid process of lithium titanate and having pH of 11.2 or smaller or hydrogen lithium titanate expressed by general formula Hx Liy-x Tiz O4 (where yࣙx>0 0.8ࣘyࣘ2.7 a... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6025075 | Mixture of sorbitan ester, magnesium hydroxide and thermoplastic resin A thermoplastic resin containing a flame-retarding magnesium hydroxide has its workability enhanced by a sorbitan ester in admixture with the resin and flame retardant. An admixture of the resin, magnesium hydroxide, and ester may be either a mixture of d... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5186868 | Methods for tritium labeling Reagents and processes for reductively introducing deuterium or tritium into organic molecules are described. The reagents are deuterium or tritium analogs of trialkyl boranes, borane or alkali metal aluminum hydrides. The process involves forming these r... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5178848 | Lithium metatungstate Lithium metatungstate as a new composition of matter and the production thereof are disclosed. A solution of lithium monotungstate is treated with an extractant to remove sufficient lithium ions to produce a dilute solution of lithium metatungstate and th... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5133929 | Intermetallic compounds and hydrides Intermetallic compounds and hydrides thereof, characterized in that they have been prepared by reacting hydrides of the elements of the main groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, magnesium hydridehalides or magnesium dialkyls having the general ... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5026670 | Low density metal hydride foams Disclosed is a low density foam having a porosity of from 0 to 98% and a density less than about 0.67 gm/cc, prepared by heating a mixture of powered lithium hydride and beryllium hydride in an inert atmosphere at a temperature ranging from about 455 to a... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4828606 | Process for preparing intermetallic compounds or hydrides thereof Intermetallic compounds and hydrides thereof, characterized in that they have been prepared by reacting hydrides of the elements of the main groups I, II, III and IV of the Periodic Table, magnesium hydridehalides or magnesium dialkyls having the general ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4605547 | Continuous hydrogenation of lithium into lithium hydride Lithium is continuously converted into lithium hydride, is suitable phase contactor/decanter apparatus, by continuously hydrogenating in a first reaction zone, at elevated temperatures, an agitated intimate admixture of metallic lithium in a mixture of mo... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4396589 | Alkali metal complex compounds, and their use in the hydrogenation and nitridation of alkali metals The invention includes novel alkali metal complex compounds which are useful, inter alia for the hydrogenation of alkali metals at room temperature or below room temperature to form hydrides or nitrides.... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4370488 | Alkali metal complex compounds The invention includes novel alkali metal complex compounds (and processes for their preparation) which are useful, inter alia for the hydrogenation of alkali metals at room temperature or below room temperature to form hydrides or nitrides.... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4354982 | Production of organolithium compounds and lithium hydride A catalytic system is provided for the lithiation of -olefins and ,ω-diolefins with concurrent production of lithium hydride. The catalysts include oxygen and sulfur containing organic compounds and polycyclic aromatics which can be combine... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4327071 | Method of preparing potassium hydride Potassium hydride and mixtures of potassium hydride with other alkali metal hydrides are prepared by contacting hydrogen with potassium or potassium alloys with other alkali metals, dispersed in an inert fluid, in the presence of a potassium phenanthride ... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4317659 | Production of hydrogen, acetylene and ammonia gases from lithium reaction with hydrocarbon materials A method of producing H2 and C2 H2 gases comprises the steps of drying a hydrocarbon biomass material to remove water without carbonization, reacting the dried hydrocarbon biomass with a stoichiometric excess of molten lit... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4247327 | Alloy strengthening by hydridation Strengthening and hardening of metallic alloys has formerly been effected by inclusion of various metal and metal oxide additives. According to the invention, alloys having face-centered cubic structure are strengthened and hardened by the inclusion of on... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4235863 | Method of and cell for generating hydrogen A method of producing hydrogen and oxygen or oxides wherein electrolysis of n aqueous system is carried out using, in the cathode compartment of the electrolysis cell, a hydride-forming liquid metal, the resulting hydride being thermally decomposed to prod... | 11/25/1980 |