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Came across this recently:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerpaste

It might pan out and reduce issues with hydrogen leakage




The powerpaste is magnesium oxide. One magnesium atom weights around as much as 24 hydrogen atoms.

Thus for every hydrogen molecule you have to carry around 13 times the weight in magnesium oxide. Aka: This stuff is very heavy. Not exactly the thing you want on planes.


How heavy is the h2 pressure tank relative to the h2?


Depends how big it is. If you make the tank twice the size, it weighs 4 times as much, but carries 8 times the hydrogen.




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