This sounds like an ideal application for a thermal mass flow meter
(MFM). These devices measure the flow of a gas between their inlet and
outlet using a thermal conductivity measurement. Typically the output
is given as a volumetric flow rate (e.g. cm^3 per minute) at standard
temperature and pressure, but what is actually being measured is the
rate of mass flow (i.e. number of grams or moles of gas per unit
time). If you integrate this with respect to time you will get the
total volume at stp which corresponds to the amount or mass.

The meter will need to be calibrated for the gas in use, so you will
need to be sure either that your gas is (almost) pure H2, and buy a
MFM calibrated for H2, or that its composition is relatively constant
so that you can generate an appropriate calibration, else you will get
inaccurate results.

MFM's and their close relatives, mass flow controllers (MFC's) are
available from many manufacturers but I've had very good experiences
with those from MKS. They are available with a serial interface and
the command protocol is easy to implement in Labview. I think the
digital version can even do the flow integration for you. They're not
cheap (maybe $1000?) but it sounds like this would probably be a
reliable and accurate solution to your problem.

Hope this helps, please reply with any further questions...

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