Accession Number:

ADD014945

Title:

Pyrite Cathode Material for a Thermal Battery.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application, Filed 7 Feb 91,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Pemsler, J. P.
• Litchfield, J. K.

Report Date:

1991-02-07

Pagination or Media Count:

11.0

Abstract:

The present invention relates in general to a synthetic cathode material for a molten salt battery and, more particularly, to a process of providing and using synthetic pyrite for use as a cathode in a thermal battery. These batteries, which have been successfully used in a number of military applications, include iron disulfide cathode material obtained as benefacted or from natural occurring pyrite deposits, or as a byproduct of flotation concentrate from the processing of base or noble metal ores.

Descriptors:

• CATHODES
• DEPOSITS
• IRON
• MATERIALS
• MILITARY APPLICATIONS
• ORES(NONMETALLIC)
• PRECIOUS METALS
• PROCESSING
• PYRITE
• SULFIDES
• THERMAL BATTERIES

Subject Categories:

• Electrochemical Energy Storage

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE