In reply to Robin van Spaandonk's message of Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:20:43 +1000: Hi, [snip] >Hi, > >A "simple" question for Ed Storms, or anyone else who has an answer: > >When metals such as Pd, Ti, Ni etc. absorb Hydrogen, it gets split into atoms >(AFAIK). Where does the energy for the splitting come from? > >(For H2 we are looking at more than 4 eV / molecule, which is far in excess of >average thermal energies.)
Brain must have been momentarily on "blank". The answer is probably that it comes from the energy of formation of the metal hydride. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
