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Composition for absorbing hydrogen

Patent ·
OSTI ID:46295

A hydrogen absorbing composition is described. The composition comprises a porous glass matrix, made by a sol-gel process, having a hydrogen-absorbing material dispersed throughout the matrix. A sol, made from tetraethyl orthosilicate, is mixed with a hydrogen-absorbing material and solidified to form a porous glass matrix with the hydrogen-absorbing material dispersed uniformly throughout the matrix. The glass matrix has pores large enough to allow gases having hydrogen to pass through the matrix, yet small enough to hold the particles dispersed within the matrix so that the hydrogen-absorbing particles are not released during repeated hydrogen absorption/desorption cycles.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Savannah River Co
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-89SR18035
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,411,928/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-070,740
OSTI ID:
46295
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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