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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1992
Thomas P Lockhart, Lodi, IT;
Giampietro Piro, Milan, IT;
Federica Gagliardi, Castellanza, IT;
Laura Zanibelli, Milan, IT;
Eniricerche S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Snam, S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A nickel cermet contains 35-70% by weight of a metal nickel phase and 65-30% by weight of a zirconia phase stabilized in the cubic form with yttria, with, on X-ray diffraction analysis, said phases appearing as distinct and homogeneously distributed at a level lower than 1 .mu.m. This nickel cermet is obtained by preparing an aqueous solution containing a heat-decomposable zirconyl, yttrium and nickel salt, and an organic hydroxyacid or aminoacid, or a poly(acrylic acid); removing water from the resulting solution, under conditions of absence, or substantial absence, of decomposition phenomena, in order to separate a porous solid; calcining the porous solid, and reducing with hydrogen the product from calcination. The nickel cermet obtained in this way is useful as an anodic material for a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC).