Sept. 30, 2005
Vortex,
It seems a long term testing of a Hydrogen fueled system for a car has run into a problem (fatal?) just prior to release for sale to the public by United Nuclear Research. This occurred on Sept. 14th. It is the classic problem that people familiar with metallurgy have run into since early times.
This is Hydrogen Embrittlement. It occurred on metals such as iron, aluminum, and other metals that made up an automobile engine.
As CF experimenters know Hydrogen ( and D2) is a very active element on "condensed matter". Well, so much for a direct hydrogen fueled power source --- maybe. Perhaps a hydrogen fuel cell powered electric motor may be the route to go.
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