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Active material for negative poles of alkaline dry cells, and method for making said material
Assignee: Dowa Holdings Co Ltd
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Filing: 1984-12-28
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Granted: 1986-06-03
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Expires: 2004-12-28
Abstract
Abstract Novel active materials for negative poles in alkaline dry cells, and method of preparing the same are disclosed. Said materials and method do not employ harmful Hg. In place of Hg, an alloy containing at least three elements selected from Bi, Pb, In, Cd, and Ga is used to have a zinc dust alloyed at its outer surfaces with said alloy elements which are afforded with a high hydrogen overvoltage effective to retard the generation of hydrogen due to self erosion of the zinc dust in an alkaline solution of the dry cells.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryuzo Takeda
- 👤 Shigeru Ooyama
- 👤 Yukio Ishibashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-31 13:25
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01M; H01M4/00; H01M4/02; H01M4/36; H01M4/38; H01M4/42; C; C22; C22C; C22C30/00; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E60/00; Y02E60/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
54 words
Active materials for negative poles in alkaline dry cells comprising: (a) about 99.7-93% zinc powder alloyed with about 0.3-7% of a liquid alloy comprising at least three elements selected from the group consisting of; 40-50% weight bismuth, 18-25% weight lead, 18-25% weight indium, less than 6% weight cadmium and less than 80% weight gallium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
54 words
Active materials for negative poles in alkaline dry cells comprising: (a) about 99.7-93% zinc powder alloyed with about 0.3-7% of a liquid alloy comprising at least three elements selected from the group consisting of; 40-50% weight bismuth, 18-25% weight lead, 18-25% weight indium, less than 6% weight cadmium and less than 80% weight gallium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Active materials as in claim 1 and wherein: (a) said liquid alloy consisting of 45% weight bismuth, 23% weight lead, 19% weight indium, 5% weight cadmium and 8% weight gallium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
Active materials as in claim 1 and wherein: (a) said zinc powder alloyed with 0.3% liquid alloy.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
Active materials as in claim 1 and wherein: (a) said zinc powder alloyed with 0.5% liquid alloy.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
Active materials as in claim 1 and wherein: (a) said zinc powder alloyed with 1.5% liquid alloy.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
Active materials as in claim 1 and wherein: (a) said zinc powder alloyed with 5.0% liquid alloy.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
Active materials as in claim 1 and wherein: (a) said zinc powder alloyed with 7.0% liquid alloy.
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