Abstract:
A process for measuring the gas permeability of a film (10) or other thin materials, comprising the following operative steps: dividing by means of said film (10) the interior of a tank (4) into a load chamber (5) and a measure chamber (6), whereby said chambers (5, 6) are not in fluid contact with each other; lowering the pressure in the load chamber (5) down to a value of less than 0,1 mbar and the pressure in the measure chamber (6) down to a value of less than 10 mbar; continuously evacuating the measure chamber (6) by means of a high-vacuum pump (18) connected to said chamber (6) through a duct (17) provided with a choking neck (22) having a known conductance C; introducing a gas into the load chamber (5); continuously measuring in the duct (17), upstream of the neck (22), the partial pressure of said gas as long as a constant pressure value P2 is determined; measuring the pressure P1 inside the load chamber (5); and calculating the permeability X of the film (10) as a function of P1, P2 and C. An apparatus that carries out this process is also described.
Abstract:
A device for the sorption of hydrogen isotopes at low pressures, their storage and their subsequent release at high pressures. Use is made of a getter material having linear sorption isotherms and a compressor material having non-linear sorption isotherms.
Abstract:
Getter devices for halogen lamps are formed by screen-printing a paste comprising tantalum, thorium, hafnium, platinum, niobium or zirconium, and preferably zirconium and tantalum, in strips onto a metallic foil and then cutting the strips perpendicularly. The resulting foil strips can be cut parallel to the getter material to form pieces that contain a small area of getter material and an area of foil. The foil area can be used to mount the getter device to a support structure in the inner quartz bulb of the halogen lamp. The getter device maintains the purity of the gas surrounding the tungsten filament. The getter material is suitable for use in any halogen lamp and especially for halogen lamps having small quartz bulbs.
Abstract:
A field emission display having a screen which includes a plurality of substantially discrete thin film phosphors, and a method for making such a field emission display, is described. The field emission display includes a screen member which is coupled with an electrode support member to define an interior space. The interior surface of the screen member is coupled with a plurality of substantially discrete thin-film phosphor deposits, and the opposing interior surface of the electrode support member is coupled with electrode means such that electronic radiation from said electrode means is effective to excite said thin-film phosphor deposits into luminescent states whereby photons are emitted from the thin film phosphor deposits at angles substantially perpendicular to the exterior surface of said screen member.
Abstract:
A process for removing oxygen from ammonia at room temperature includes contacting the flow of ammonia to be purified with a getter material made up of a mixture of metallic iron and manganese with a weight ratio varying between about 7:1 and 1:1 and having a specific surface greater than about 100 m /g. The flow of ammonia to be purified is preferably contacted with, in addition to the getter material, a drying material so as to remove the humidity thereof.
Abstract:
A process for the removal of impurities from a stream of hydrogen, containing more easily removable impurities, like for instance COx, and more hardly removable impurities, mainly consisting of nitrogen and methane, wherein: A) said stream is first brought into contact, at 5-50 DEG C, with a material containing nickel and/or Ni compounds, wherein at least 1 % b.w. of the overall amount of Ni is present in the reduced form; B) the stream from (A), still containing said more hardly removable N2 and CH4, is brought into contact with non-evaporable getter material at a higher temperature.
Abstract:
An insulating jacket (5) under vacuum, suitable for thermal vessels containing liquids, and in particular aqueous and/or organic liquids, containing, as a material (7) sorbing the residual gases present in said jacket after the evacuation, prevailingly consisting of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and water, a combination of barium oxide (BaO) with palladium oxide (PdO) and/or with another oxide of a noble metal selected from ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium and silver.
Abstract:
A combination of materials is disclosed, comprising a getter alloy and one or more oxides chosen among Ag2O, CuO, MnO2 and Co3O4. To these combinations, a third component, consisting in an alloy rare earths, yttrium, lanthanum or their mixtures with copper, tin or their mixtures, may optionally be added. The combinations of the invention are useful for the preparation of getter devices which can be activated at relatively low temperatures, from about 280 to 500 DEG C, while the activation of the getter materials generally requires temperatures of from 350 to 900 DEG C. A few getter devices are also disclosed, which contain the combinations of materials of the invention.
Abstract:
A process for producing a device for mercury dispensing, reactive gases sorption and electrode shielding within fluorescent lamps, commonly called "shield", is described. The shield is formed by shaping a piece of a metallic strip having deposited thereon, on the same face, one or more tracks of powdered mercury-dispensing materials and getter materials. The operation of deposition of such materials on the strip is realized in such a way so as not to cause the deformation of the strip.
Abstract:
A device for maintaining vacuum in thermally insulating jackets comprises a container (11; 21) which is open upwards and formed of a gas-tight material, preferably aluminum, with a first pellet (13; 23) on the bottom and a second pellet (15; 24) placed in the upper portion of the container, such as to completely cover the first pellet (13; 23). The first pellet is obtained from powders of a Ba-Li getter alloy and the second pellet (15; 24) is obtained from powders of a drying material, optionally including also the oxide of a noble metal and a material avoiding compaction of the drier. There is also described a process for manufacturing such a device, according to which said first pellet of Ba-Li alloy can be obtained locally by compression of powders of said alloy within the container. The upper edge of the latter is finally bent to the inside, whereby the pellets are held to keep their position.