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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Ernest Jacobson, Princeton, NJ (US);
Dennie Turin Mah, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C 3/02 ;
Abstract
A low temperature electrolysis process that can be used for producing an alkali metal from an alkali metal halide is provided, which comprises electrolyzing an electrolyte composition comprising at least one alkali metal halide and a co-electrolyte comprising (a) a halide or halides of Group IIIA, Group IB, or Group VIII metals and (b) a halide-donating compound.