RETICULATED REFRACTORY METAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MAKING

摘要

A self-supporting reticulate of titanium hydride (TiH2) is formed by slurry-coating an open cell organic synthetic resinous material, or other pore-former, and eliminating the carbon-containing components of binder and/or solvent, viscosity modifiers, thickening agents, and the like at a temperature below about 400.degree.C. In an analogous manner, an inorganic refractory material open cell substrate or other pore-former substrate may be slurry-coated and converted to TiH2 reticulate in which the substrate is coated with TiH2 to yield a supported TiH2 reticulate. Either the self-supporting TiH2 retical, may be sintered to yield an essentially pure Ti (metal) reticulate which is essentially free of titanium carbide. Ti reticulates so formed are coated with Pt group metal oxides and used as anodes in chloralkali 20 cells.