Traditional Applications for Hollow Glass Microspheres
- Low density fillers for composites with polymers and concrete
- Thermally insulating paint
- Thermally insulating tapes
- Syntactic foams for submersibles
- Targets for laser fusion systems (D/T filled)
Modern Applications for Hydrogen-Filled Hollow Glass Microspheres
- Hydrogen storage
- Hydrogen separation and purification
- Radiation shielding for manned space flight
Summary
- Hollow glass microspheres have many attractive features as a hydrogen storage medium
- Optically-induced outgassing of hydrogen from glass is significantly faster than conventional heating
- Current work seeks to demonstrate feasibility using hollow glass microspheres
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