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Chapter 15

Metal Hydrides as Intelligent Materials and Artificial Muscles

Metal hydrides are the binary combination of hydrogen and a metal or metal alloy. They can absorb large amounts of hydrogen via surface chemisorption and subsequent hydriding reactions as illustrated in Figure 15.1. At a given temperature metal hydrides form condensed phases with hydrogen in the pre...
Print publication date: 31 Oct 2007
Copyright year: 2007
Print ISBN: 978-0-85404-335-4
PDF eISBN: 978-1-84755-800-8
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