Hydrogen research in Tri-Cities could help climate change and carbon emissions

July 27, 2022

If you’ve ever pulled a rubber band from your junk drawer only to find it brittle and useless, you know that rubber, like many materials, changes over time.

At the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, some scientists devote their entire careers to understanding the performance and behaviors of different materials, addressing their limitations and exploiting their beneficial properties.

Because clean hydrogen can play an important role in addressing climate change and the nation’s goals to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, these researchers are investigating how materials — including rubber — can withstand not only the test of time, but also the stresses caused by temperature and pressure changes in hydrogen systems.

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