Researchers at the University of Sydney have discovered that adding molybdenum to steel, combined with metal carbides, significantly improves its ability to trap hydrogen, potentially solving the issue of hydrogen embrittlement. This breakthrough, using advanced cryogenic atom probe tomography, could pave the way for large-scale hydrogen transport and storage solutions, essential for transitioning to a hydrogen economy.

  • HypxOPM
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    10 months ago

    Hydrogen has a higher boiling point than helium, so it is not the worst liquid to deal with. If we can contemplate liquid helium, we can contemplate liquid hydrogen. Also, like I said previously, you’d only consider liquid hydrogen for relatively short periods of storage. If you need long-term storage, you would either store in a gas form, or convert it to some other chemical like ammonia.

    • @A_A
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      110 months ago

      NH3 is both corrosive and poisonous so I would rather convert hydrogen to CH4 or better yet to gasoline.

      • HypxOPM
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        That is also a possibility, and it’s known as e-fuels/syn-fuels.