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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Mary Anne Alvin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jason Ryan Babcock, Topanga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mary Anne Alvin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jason Ryan Babcock, Topanga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 53/22 (2006.01); B01D 71/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A high temperature hydrogen gas separation membrane employing a physically interlocking barrier layer to form a spinel or intermetallic architecture bonding the metal barrier layer onto the surface of a fibrous metal medial structural support substrate. A tantalum/niobium interface layer is deposited on the barrier layer. The final layer is a precious metal such as palladium, which is deposited on the tantalum/niobium interface layer.