Spheric Technologies Awarded Patent
October 13, 2006
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Spheric Technologies, Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.) has been awarded a patent for "Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Metal Oxides and Byproduct Hydrogen."
Spheric Technologies, Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.) has been awarded a patent for "Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Metal Oxides and Byproduct Hydrogen." The company's process is less expensive and environmentally cleaner than conventional chemical processing methods used to obtain technical-grade oxides. With Spheric's process, the resulting high-purity powders have uniform particle size and density, making them useful in a wide variety of applications.
In the process, sacrificial electrodes of high-purity metal are immersed in water. When a current is applied, an electric arc occurs and a plasma zone is created in the water between the electrodes. The plasma zone is maintained so that metal oxide and hydrogen are continuously produced.
Spheric Technologies, Inc. (Phoenix, Ariz.) has been awarded a patent for "Process and Apparatus for Manufacturing Metal Oxides and Byproduct Hydrogen." The company's process is less expensive and environmentally cleaner than conventional chemical processing methods used to obtain technical-grade oxides. With Spheric's process, the resulting high-purity powders have uniform particle size and density, making them useful in a wide variety of applications.
In the process, sacrificial electrodes of high-purity metal are immersed in water. When a current is applied, an electric arc occurs and a plasma zone is created in the water between the electrodes. The plasma zone is maintained so that metal oxide and hydrogen are continuously produced.
