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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen E. Dorris, La Grange Park, IL (US);
Tae H. Lee, Naperville, IL (US);
Uthamalingam Balachandran, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/322 ; B01D 7/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 5/322 ; B01D 7/102 ;
Abstract
A membrane for separating hydrogen from fluids is provided comprising a sintered homogenous mixture of a ceramic composition and a metal. The metal may be palladium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, or zirconium or a binary mixture of palladium with another metal such as niobium, silver, tantalum, vanadium, or zirconium.