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Chicken Feathers Store Hydrogen Cheaply
Sunday, June 28, 2009 - Ehud Rattner
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Hydrogen is difficult to store safely in a tank because it is potentially explosive. If you need a cheap way to store hydrogen, put chicken feathers in your tank. The unlikely material may one day compete with more high-tech solutions such as carbon nanotubes for storing hydrogen for fuel-cell-powered vehicles.    (source: newscientist.com)


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