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.
Except the article says the same thing that the title does. They explain that it does work but that they don’t know why because by all expectations it shouldn’t.
A material that should make the alloy less resistant to corrosion actually makes it more so, and they can’t explain why.