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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429 15 ; 429 17 ; 429 19 ; 429 29 ;
Abstract
A process for producing electric current by the electrochemical oxidation of an active anodic metal dispersed in an alkaline electrolyte. The electrolyte is circulated into contact with a second metal which is more electronegative than the active metal. A displacement reaction precipitates the active metal from its soluble oxidation products. There is obtained as a result a repeated recovery for reuse of the active metal (zinc) with the aid of the more electronegative metal (aluminium) which then supplies the energy for the production of current and is oxidized to form soluble products. The process is exemplified by zinc as the active metal and aluminium and magnesium as the strongly electronegative metals.