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Enhancement of mechanical properties of ceramic membranes and solid electrolytes

Patent 5624542 Issued on April 29, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 12, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Application

No. 489382 filed on 06/12/1995

US Classes:

204/283, Perforated or foraminous electrode204/295, Diaphragms205/344, Utilizing bipolar membrane419/19, Oxide containing419/20, Rare earth oxide419/21, Silver metal with metal oxide419/23, Powder shape or size characteristics429/30, Solid electrolyte429/33, Electrolyte composition chemically specified501/103, Zirconium oxide501/123, Alkaline earth metal compound containing501/126, Trivalent metal compound (e.g., iron oxide, chromium oxide, trivalent rare earth oxide, etc.) containing501/132, Chromium compound containing501/134, Titanate, zirconate, stannate, niobate, or tantalate or oxide of titanium, zirconium, tin, niobium, or tantalum containing (e.g., dielectrics, etc.)501/152Yttrium, lanthanide, actinide, or transactinide containing (i.e., atomic numbers 39 or 57-71 or 89+)

Examiners

Primary: Bell, Bruce F.

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Foreign Patent References

  • 0399194 EP. 05/13/1990

International Class

C25B 015/00

Abstract

Enhancement of mechanical properties of ceramic membranes by introduction of a uniformly distributed high-temperature oxidation-resistant metal phase into the brittle ceramic phase to achieve mechanically strong ceramic/metal composites operable in an oxidation atmosphere and at elevated temperatures.

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  • Tuan, W.H. and Brook, R.J., Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 6, 31-37 (1990). *No month availabl
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