A team at the University of Hong Kong has developed a new “super steel” that can survive the harsh conditions needed to make green hydrogen from seawater. The material uses an unexpected double-protection mechanism that resists corrosion far better than conventional stainless steel. Even more impressive, it could replace costly titanium parts used in today’s hydrogen systems.
  • call_me_xale@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I’m right there with you when that kind of clickbaiting crops up, but this article actually isn’t doing that; they’re directly quoting the researchers:

    [Manganese]-based passivation is a counter-intuitive discovery, which cannot be explained by current knowledge in corrosion science.

    This seems like a genuinely novel discovery.