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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:
Nov. 17, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold M Simons, Orem, UT (US);
Assignee:
Billings Energy Corporation, Independence, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F / ; C01B / ; C01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75 / ; 423644 ; 423645 ; 423647 ; 4236 / ; 241 18 ; 241 23 ; 241 27 ;
Abstract
A metal material, which is capable of reacting with hydrogen to form a metal hydride, is simultaneously granulated and conditioned with hydrogen to activate the metal material to a state in which it is capable of readily reacting with and absorbing hydrogen. The granulation and activation are achieved by heating the metal material to a temperature of at least about 200.degree. F. and treating the heated metal material with hydrogen, while concurrently subjecting the metal material to mechanical impact to reduce the average particle size thereof to less than about 1 centimeter.