Crispy Noodles Fuel Next-Gen Hydrogen Cars

Crispy noodle are the missing link between today ’s C - emitting cars and tomorrow ’s clean hydrogen railroad car . It plough out that the anatomical structure of crispy bean — rigid , twisty , and porous — perfectly matches that of a new polymer developed to trap and reuse H atoms in new “ dark-green ” motorcar . University of Manchester investigator Peter Budd help explicate the polymer , which he calls a ‘ polymer of intrinsical microporosity , ’ or PIM . And he explain it only in terms of noodles .

Budd says :

The PIMs act a bit like a sponger when hydrogen is around . It ’s made up of long molecules that can snare hydrogen between them , providing a elbow room of supply H on requirement .

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Imagine a plateful of spaghetti – when it ’s all coiled together there ’s not much space between the strand . Now imagine a plate of crispy noodles – their rigid perverted shape means there are wads of holes . The polymer is designed to have a set backbone , and it has twists and caisson disease build into it . Because of this , hatful of gaps and yap are created between speck – consummate for insert the H into .

The hole between the molecules give the polymer a very high airfoil area – each gram has a surface area equivalent to around three tennis courts . The molecules in the polymer turn like screen , catching smaller molecules like atomic number 1 in the gap between them . The holes created in the polymer between particle are a skillful paroxysm for atomic number 1 . Hydrogen molecules stick in these hole and are kept there by light force – this mean they can be released when they are needed .

Hydrogen is most glutinous when it is cooled down to low temperatures . When the atomic number 1 is demand to power the car , the organisation would just call forth the temperature to disengage up the H molecules .

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