Safer, denser acetylene storage in an organic framework
Friday, August 28, 2009 - 23:50
in Physics & Chemistry
The century-old challenge of transporting acetylene may have been solved in principle by a team of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). A NIST research team has figured out why a recently discovered material can safely store at low pressure up to 100 times as much of the volatile chemical as can be done with conventional methods...