Along the lines that Jones Beene brought up.
If one subjected a wood dowel to a hydrostatic pressure
of 15-20 kilobar (easily obtainable with a grease gun) while heating it
to the ~ 500 deg F charring temperature, it should maintain "fullerene" type
cells.
Then following drying pressurize the "charcoal" rod in the pressurizing tube
with H2 or D2 gas then weighing it to see if it stores the gas.
I have a heavy wall steel "chamber" about 1.25 inch dia by ~ 3.0 inch long
with wrench flats on one end (1/2 inch fpt on one end) on hand that will
take 20 kpsi, and hold a 2 inch x ~ 1/2 inch diameter dowel, if anyone wants to try this.
"Dope" the water with CO2-Calcium Carbonate or Potassium Carbonate before pressurizing too?
It might be possible to drive a nail or such into the dowel before processing
to act as an electrode connection after "firing" it for CF experiments.
Cheap grease guns can be got at your local auto-parts store.
I only do "thought experiments" :-)
Frederick
