Degradation of gasket materials in a simulated fuel cell environment

Proceedings of 4th International ASME Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, FUELCELL2006

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tan, Jinzhu ^a,b,c   Chao, Y J ^b   Lee, Woo Kum ^b   Smith, C S ^b   Van Zee, J W ^b   Williams, C T ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Degradation; Environment; Fuel cell; Gasket material

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

CHAIN SCISSION; CRACK RESISTANCE; GASKET MATERIALS;

GASKETS;

EID: 33845783335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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