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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:
Jan. 22, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jay A Switzer, Placentia, CA (US);
Assignee:
Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25F / ; C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204242 ; 204 / ; 204128 ; 204129 ; 2042 / ; 2042 / ; 4271263 ;
Abstract
An electrode useful in an electrolytic cell contains thallium (III) oxide. A method for enhancing the electrocatalytic activity and/or stability of an electrode includes compounding an outermost layer containing thallium (III) oxide with a conductive substrate. The electrode is particularly useful in reversible-type reactions such as the conversion of ferrocyanide to ferricyanide as well as in irreversible-type reactions, such as electrolysis of water to obtain hydrogen and oxygen or the electrolysis of chloride-containing solutions to obtain hydrogen and chlorine.