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THE capacity of palladium and some of its alloys to absorb hydrogen and to allow its diffusion is well known1, but palladium itself is rarely used as a hydrogen diffusion membrane, for on absorbing and desorbing hydrogen at temperatures below 300° C it undergoes metallurgical changes and eventually disintegrates. A more stable alloy containing about 24 atomic % of silver, which readily absorbs and is permeable to hydrogen, is generally used instead.
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DUGGAN, B., FARR, J., KUSHNER, J. et al. Effects of Hydrogen Absorption in Palladium and Palladium-24% Silver Foils. Nature Physical Science 236, 73–74 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci236073b0
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