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- From: bphdarcy@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (SJ Roc D'Arcy, MBP)
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- Subject: Re: Hydrides
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- Date: 10 Sep 92 13:38:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep9.082509.4474@bb1t.monsanto.com>, bjgaed@bb1t.monsanto.com writes...
- >
- >I don't remember the exact numbers, but the metal sponges
- >can hold a surprising amount of hydrogen, more than their
- >own weight, I believe.
-
- Hmm. This maybe true under exception, but just due to atomic weight alone,
- coupled with availible valence, I don't see how anything could absorb its
- weight in hydrogen. Most of the weight of hydrocarbons is the carbon not
- the hydrogen (again there is exception).
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- SJRD
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