The invention relates to the manufacture of manganese dioxide by a chemical process. The resulting manganese dioxide product takes the form of particles characterized by filament-like protrusions jutting out from its surface. The manganese dioxide particles having such surface features can be manufactured by reacting manganese sulfate with sodium peroxodisulfate in an aqueous solution. The process can be controlled to yield high density manganese dioxide. The manganese dioxide formed in the proc...

Manganese complexes of various monovalent and divalent polyether antibiotics are provided which act as coccidiostats and growth promoting agents when administered to food-producing animals such as cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. Soluble manganese salt is added to a fermentation beer containing the polyether antibiotics to form an insoluble, recoverable biomass containing the desired manganese antibiotic complex. This biomass, in a dried form, can be given orally to animals such as cattle, shee...

A catalyst for the controlled decomposition of peroxy compounds is provided which comprises a water-soluble manganese (II) salt adsorbed onto a solid inorganic silicon support material, the combination having been prepared at a pH from 7.0 to 11.1.

A lithium - manganese dioxide cell in which a certain quantity of copper oxyphosphate is added to the manganese dioxide to obtain a second discharge voltage plateau for use in detecting the end of cell life before it is too late.

A method for electrodepositing metallic manganese in an electrolytic cell wherein a water soluble natural guargum and a polyacrylamide based polymer additive, natural or synthetic, is added to the electrolyte feed solution.

A stable manganese adjunct for use as a bleach catalyst is obtained by having a manganese (II) cation bound to a "ligand" forming either a true complex compound, a water-insoluble salt compound, or an ion-binding compound by absorption, which compound is then protectively embedded in a matrix of water-soluble or water-dispersible material. The adjunct is particularly suitable for incorporation in fabric-washing powder compositions containing a peroxide bleach without causing instablity to the co...

A lithium-manganese dioxide cell comprising a cathode composed of manganese dioxide, an anode composed of metal lithium and an electrolyte interposed therebetween. The manganese dioxide having an X-ray diffraction peak in the vicinity of a diffraction crystal lattice distance d=3.60 .ANG. analyzed after discharging in a cell. The manganese dioxide may be prepared by the steps of adding nitric acid to electrolytic manganese (EMD), chemical manganese dioxide (CMD), a product obtained by heat-treat...

Hydrogen storage materials are provided of a ternary alloy of the formula: wherein x has a value from 1.2 to 1.3, and their hydrides.

Valuable metals in manganese nodules have their solvent solubilities altered by forming an alkaline-manganese electric cell using manganese nodules as a cathode active material component and discharging the cell with a selected discharge load. Thus, the solvent extraction percentage for Mn in manganese nodules can be controlled to less than 60% and that for other valuable metals be elevated to at least 80% by selecting the discharge load properly.

Manganese dioxide is produced from manganous salts by mixing a manganous salt with an alkali metal permanganate and/or ammonium permanganate followed by heating such mixture to about 150.degree. C. under an oxygen-containing atmosphere until at least 85% of the manganous salt is converted to manganese dioxide and then further elevating the temperature to about 250.degree. C. and maintaining this temperature until the surface area of the manganese dioxide is between about 3 square meters per gram...