News tagged with aluminum hydride

A new material to cut weight of ships by 30 percent and save on fuel consumption, CO2 emissions

A new material is tested to cut the weight of ships by 30 percent. For an average sized freight vessel with a capacity of 7000 m? this corresponds to a weight reduction of more than 1000 tons. Researchers from Fraunhofer ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers demonstrate reversible generation of a high capacity hydrogen storage material

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory have created a reversible route to generate aluminum hydride, a high capacity hydrogen storage material. This achievement is not only expected ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 1