Ball Corporation

Alltrista Zinc Products, L.p.

Albert H Giles

Michael J Mirra

Randy Beets

Jack T West

Johnny Smelcer

Jim Dyer

Jon Headrick

An anode comprises one or more sheets of expanded zinc mesh. The thickness and mesh size of the expanded zinc mesh may vary. A single sheet of zinc mesh may be coiled, forming continuous electrical contact with itself. Alternatively, a single sheet of zinc mesh may be folded into layers, each layer in electrical contact with its adjacent layers. A third alternative is the use of two or more sheets of zinc mesh, layered on top of each other so that each layer is in electrical contact with adjacent layers. These zinc mesh anodes are combined with a casing, a cathode, an electrolyte solution, and a separator between the cathode and anode to manufacture electrochemical cells.

Expanded zinc mesh anode

A metal substrate is described herein, the metal substrate being one formed by contacting a metal surface, such as zinc, with a solution containing 0.1 to 2.5 weight percent salt selected from the group consisting of iron nitrate, nickel nitrate and copper nitrate, 0.01 to 3.5 weight percent of an oxidizing agent selected from the group consisting of perborates, peroxides, persulfates and perchlorates, 2 to 20 weight percent of a mineral acid selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid and the remainder water, drying the contacted surface and thereafter applying an electrically conductive coating, such as graphite, thereon.

Conductive coatings for metal substrates

A method and composition are described for preparing metal surfaces, especially zinc, for receiving an electrically conductive coating, the preparatory composition being an aqueous solution containing about 2 to about 25 weight percent of the mixture of salts of heavy metals, an oxidizing agent, and a mineral acid. The preparatory coating has utility in battery manufacture. A preferred preparatory coating composition for zinc-base surfaces is a solution comprising about 0.1 to 2.5 weight percent salt of a heavy metal such as ferric nitrate, about 0.01 to about 3.5 weight percent of an oxidizing agent such as sodium or potassium persulfate, about 2 to about 20 weight percent of a mineral acid such as sulfuric acid (98%) or phosphoric acid (75%), and the remainder water. Another preferred preparatory coating composition for metal surfaces including zinc and zinc-base alloys is an aqueous solution consisting of about 0.1 to 2.5 weight percent salt of a heavy metal, about 0.01 to about 3.5 weight percent oxidizing agent, about 2 to about 20 weight percent of a mineral acid, and the remainder water.

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Greeneville, TN, United States of America

Albert H Giles