Production of hydrogen ions and hydroxyl ions by decomposition of water
Abstract
Abstract HYDROGEN IONS AND HYDROXYL IONS ARE GENERATED ECONOMICALLY IN AN ELECTRODIALYSIS CELL COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES AND CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES ALTERNATELY JUXTAPOSED BETWEEN A PAIR OF AN ANODE AND A CATHODE BY FILLING AQUEOUS SOLUTION OR SUSPENSION CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE ELECTROLYTE WHICH IS INCAPABLE OF PASSING THROUGH THE ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE AND IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) WATER SOLUBLE POLYELECTROLYTES (POLYMERIC ELECTROLYTES) HAVING POSITIVELY CHARGED FIXED GROUPS AND (2) FINELY PULVERIZED WATER INSOLUBLE SOLID ELECTROLYTES HAVING POSITIVELY CHARGED FIXED GROUPS, AND PASSING A DIRECT ELECTRIC CURRENT BETWEEN THE ELECTRODES. D R A W I N G
Inventors
- 👤 Masaaki Kato
- 👤 Sigeta Sato
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