Nanotek Instruments, Inc.

Cornerstone Research Group, Inc.

Ian M Fuller

Bor Z Jang

James E Shepherd

Ryan D Snyder

Mary T Parrish

In-line material analyzers may include feed guides for guiding a material through the analyzer. An actuator may be positioned and configured to contact the material proximate to the feed guides. The state of the actuator, and the force applied by the actuator to the material, may be detected. The state of the actuator, the force applied by the actuator, or both may be utilized to determine one or more properties of the material. Such a determination may be made without removing the material from a production or other manufacturing line, such as, for example, while the material remains contiguous with a source from which the material is extruded.

Material analyzers and related systems and methods

A preferred embodiment of the present invention is a hydrogen gas storage and supply method, comprising (a) providing a dry, solid-state hydrogen fuel source comprising a solid metal hydride or chemical hydride and a reaction-controlling agent in a solid state, wherein the hydride and the reaction-controlling agent are mixed at a desired proportion; and (b) delivering a desired amount of a liquid reactant to contact and react with a desired amount of the solid-state fuel source to produce hydrogen gas continuously or intermittently on demand, responsive to the needs of a fuel cell.

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Bellbrook, OH, United States of America

Ian M Fuller