Raising a Stink, With Hydrogen
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2003 @ 01:22:03 UTC
Topic: General
"While engineers at the world's biggest carmakers are coming closer to developing mass-produced fuel-cell vehicles, one big problem remains. They have yet to develop cheap, reliable sensors that can detect leaks of hydrogen gas, which is extremely explosive."
From a recent Wired News article by Mark Baard entitled: "Raising a Stink, With Hydrogen" we learn that: "...Two Pennsylvania State University grad students, meanwhile, have developed a breakthrough substance that will give hydrogen, normally an odorless gas, a stench -- the same trick used to warn humans of natural gas leaks..."
Read the whole article here: Wired News
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