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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:
Feb. 09, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Specialites Chimiques, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 68 ; 204247 ;
Abstract
Lithium metal is continuously prepared, in specially adapted electrolytic cell, by (i) continuously electrolyzing a mixture of molten salts including lithium chloride, said mixture comprising the medium of electrolysis, (ii) continuously withdrawing admixture of product lithium metal with said mixture of molten salts, and (iii) continuously discharging formed chlorine gaseous phase therefrom, wherein the medium of electrolysis is maintained at a temperature ranging from the melting point of said mixture of molten salts, at the eutectic composition thereof, to 400.degree. C., and said gaseous chlorine phase is maintained at a temperature not exceeding 300.degree. C.