News tagged with aluminum hydride

A new material to cut weight of ships by 30 percent and save on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions

A new material is tested to cut the weight of ships by 30 percent. For an average sized freight vessel with a capacity of 7000 m? this corresponds to a weight reduction of more than 1000 tons. Researchers from Fraunhofer ...

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created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers demonstrate reversible generation of a high capacity hydrogen storage material

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. This achievement is not only expected ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1




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SRNL research paves way for portable power systems

Developments by hydrogen researchers at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) are paving the way for the successful development of portable power systems with capacities that far exceed the best batteries ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Battery-powered Christmas carol: A trip down memory (effect) lane

(PhysOrg.com) -- As consumers anticipate unwrapping the latest electronic gadget during the holidays, they may not give much thought to how long their shiny devices will last. But it's a topic under significant ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bidentate chelates with larger spacers: Chelating Lewis acids prepared by double hydroalumination of dialkynylsilanes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Molecular oligoacceptors (chelating Lewis acids) are interesting compounds that are potentially applicable in phase-transfer processes, catalysis, or molecular recognition. Compounds with ...

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created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Aluminum alloy overcomes obstacles on the path to making hydrogen a practical fuel source

Hydrogen offers great promise as a renewable energy source. It's staggeringly plentiful (the most abundant element in the Universe) and environmentally friendly (used in a fuel cell, it gives off only water). Unfortunately, ...

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created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough holds promise for hydrogen's use as fuel source

(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine your car running on an abundant, environmentally friendly fuel generated from the surrounding atmosphere. Sounds like science fiction, but UT Dallas researchers recently published ...

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created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (20) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Hydrogen cars closer to reality with new storage system design

Researchers have developed a critical part of a hydrogen storage system for cars that makes it possible to fill up a vehicle's fuel tank within five minutes with enough hydrogen to drive 300 miles.

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 5

Researchers solve decade-old mystery of hydrogen storage material

Environmentally friendly hydrogen gas fueled vehicles can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence on sources of fossil fuel. Though several hydrogen vehicles exist on the market today, ...

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created Feb 27, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (56) | comments 4

Brookhaven Scientists Working Toward Practical Hydrogen-Storage Materials

Hydrogen-storage materials hold the promise of supporting many exciting new technologies, such as clean, efficient hydrogen fuel cells for automobiles. At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National ...

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created Mar 15, 2006 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

The Role of Titanium in Hydrogen Storage

As part of ongoing research to make hydrogen a mainstream source of clean, renewable energy, scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have determined how titanium atoms help hydrogen ...

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created Sep 02, 2005 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

GM, Sandia to advance hydrogen storage

General Motors Corp. and Sandia National Laboratories have launched a partnership to design and test an advanced method for storing hydrogen based on metal hydrides. Metal hydrides - formed when metal alloys are combined wit ...

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created Jan 08, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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