Method for the discharge of electricity from liquids

Abstract

Abstract 768,752. Discharging static electricity. DISTILLERS CO., Ltd. Jan. 18, 1956 [Feb. 2, 1955], No. 3043/53. Class 35. Static electricity is discharged from the surface of inflammable liquids, e.g. benzene, gasolene, ethers, &c., by the formation of a conducting layer of floating particles of carbon, metal or synthetic resin rendered conducting by a conducting surface coating. The metal particles are made hollow for buoyancy and are of light metal, e.g. aluminium. It is described how hollow particles of phenol-formaldehyde resin or polyvinyl alcohol are made by spraying their solutions into a heated atmosphere and how they are coated with metal, e.g. silver, copper, or nickel by reduction of solutions of the metal salts. They may alternatively be coated with graphite. The particles may be radio-active, giving #-radiations, e.g. strontium 90 may be included, and are preferably 2-100 microns diameter.

Inventors

• 👤 John Francis Short

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