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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:
May. 20, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven A Cope, North Little Rock, AR (US);
Assignee:
E. I. Du pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ; C25C / ; C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204247 ; 204 68 ; 204237 ;
Abstract
An electrolytic cell is provided for the electrochemical separation of selected metals from electrodissociatable compounds thereof in the molten state utilizing as electrode separator a plurality of solid electrolyte tubes which, under the influence of an electrical potential, are permeable to the flow of selected cations, but impermeable to fluids and the flow of anions and other cations. Means are provided with each tube for detecting the flow of molten metal from each solid electrolyte tube to a molten metal collection zone associated with the cell.