| abstract |
PRODUCTION OF ZINC ELECTRODE OF IMPROVED STRENGTH AND REDUCED SOLUBILITY IN ALKALI SOLUTION AND HAVING IMPROVED CAPACITY RETENTION DURING DEEP DISCHARGE CYCLING WHEN EMPLOYED IN A HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY, SUCH AS A SILVERZINC BATTERY, BY SINTERING A MIXTURE OF ZINC OXIDE AND CERTAIN ADDITIVE OXIDES SUCH AS ZIRCONIUM OXIDE, AND FORMING A SOLID SOLUTION OF A PORTION OF THE ZINC OXIDE AND SAID ADDITIVE OXIDE, SAID SINTERED SOLID SOLUTION FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY INERT MATRIX AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID ZINC OXIDE BEING FREE ACTIVE ZINC OXIDE. |