Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Feather solution to hydrogen storage

Richard Wool, a chemical engineering professor at the University of Delaware, and a team of students have found a way to store hydrogen, the gas that has been touted as the antidote to fossil-fuel dependency, according to a news report.
The team used chicken feathers – which turn into a carbonized powder which absorbs hydrogen when heated to about 840 F. Wool says using the chicken feathers to make the hydrogen a solid would also be more energy efficient.

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