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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Luping Wang, Brookfield, CT (US);
Doug Neugold, Southbury, CT (US);
Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a fluid storage and delivery system utilizing a porous metal matrix that comprises at least one Group VIII metal or Group IB metal therein. In one aspect of the invention, such porous metal matrix forms a solid-phase metal adsorbent medium, characterized by an average pore diameter of from about 0.5 nm to about 2.0 nm and a porosity of from about 10% to about 30%. Such solid-phase metal adsorbent medium is particularly useful for sorptively storing and desoprotively dispensing a low vapor pressure fluid, e.g., ClF , HF, GeF , Br , etc. In another aspect of the invention, such porous metal matrix forms a solid-phase metal sorbent, characterized by an average pore diameter of from about 0.25 &mgr;m to about 500 &mgr;m and a porosity of from about 15% to about 95%, which can effectively immobilize low vapor pressure liquefied gas.