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Individual rechargeable electric cell with an outer metal housing, an electrolyte tube open at the top arranged coaxially in the housing, liquid sodium in the tube, a current collector extending down through the open end of the tube into the sodium, an alpha-Al2O3 ring at the open end of the tube, a

Individual rechargeable electric cell with an outer metal housing, an electrolyte tube open at the top arranged coaxially in the housing, liquid sodium in the tube, a current collector extending down through the open end of the tube into the sodium, an alpha-Al2O3 ring at the open end of the tube, a first flexible flange which connects the current collector to the ring attached to the tube via an aluminum ring, a second flexible flange connected to the housing and to the alpha-Al2O3 ring via another ring, and sulfur in the space between the housing and tubular electrolyte.

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Individual rechargeable electric cell with liquid sodium as the negative electrochemical material and liquid sulfur absorbed in graphite as the positive electrochemical material which comprises a metallic tubular housing, a tubular container of a sodium ion-conducting solid electrolyte open at one e

Individual rechargeable electric cell with liquid sodium as the negative electrochemical material and liquid sulfur absorbed in graphite as the positive electrochemical material which comprises a metallic tubular housing, a tubular container of a sodium ion-conducting solid electrolyte open at one end disposed in the housing with space between the inner housing surface and the outer container surface for one said electrochemical material and the container interior for the other said electrochemical material, a current collector extending into said container interior, a first flexible flange connecting the current collector to the container, a second flexible flange connecting the housing to the container, an alpha-Al2O3 ring fused-on to the open end of the electrolyte, said ring connected to said two flanges via thermocompression seals, the first flange connected to the current collector by a weld, the second flange connected to the housing by a weld, said first flange containing bellows or flexible sleeves to allow lateral movement of the solid electrolyte relative to the current collector, and said second flange containing bellows or flexible sleeves to allow vertical movement of the electrolyte relative to the housing.