Claims
- 1. A method for adhering a alkali metal to a metallic surface substantially inert to said alkali metal comprising the steps of coating said metallic surface with a layer of a metal which is capable of spontaneously alloying with said alkali metal at ambient temperatures; and applying said solid alkali metal on said coated metallic surface with sufficient pressure to enable said plated metal to alloy with said solid alkali metal.
- 2. A method as in claim 1 wherein said alkali metal is lithium.
- 3. A method as in claim 1 wherein said metallic surface is substantially smooth.
- 4. A method as in claim 1 wherein said metallic surface is a metal selected from the group consisting of stainless steel, cold rolled steel, nickel, tantalum, titanium and copper.
- 5. A method as in claim 1 wherein said coating is applied by electrodeposition.
- 6. A method as in claim 1 wherein said layer of metal is selected from the group consisting of mercury, silver, aluminum, cadmium, magnesium, zinc, lead, tin, platinum and gold.
- 7. A method as in claim 6 wherein said alkali metal is lithium, said metallic surface is copper and said metallic layer is mercury.
- 8. A method as in claim 7 wherein said metallic surface is the surface of an anode current collector in an electrochemical cell.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 664,782, filed Mar. 8, 1976 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,080,489 issued Mar. 21, 1978.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Journal of the Electrochemical Society vol. 118, No. 10, Oct. 1971, pp. 1547-1549. |
Divisions (1)
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