Zeon Corporation

Kyushu University

Shin Nishimura

Yoshihisa Takeyama

The present disclosure provides a high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member which is excellent in durability and is capable of sufficiently suppressing an occurrence of a blister fracture. A high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member of the present disclosure is a high-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member made of a crosslinked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures having an average length of 100 μm or more and 1000 μm or less, wherein the fibrous carbon nanostructures have a surface fractal dimension of 2.3 or more and 3.0 or less or a radius of gyration of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less, and further the fibrous carbon nanostructures has an inner diameter of 4.0 nm or less.

High-pressure hydrogen apparatus gas seal member and high-pressure hydrogen apparatus

Disclosed is a gas seal member for high-pressure hydrogen device with sufficiently reduced occurrence of both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The gas seal member is formed of a cross-linked product of an elastomer composition which comprises an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures, wherein a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D1 of a cross-linked product of an elastomer component including the elastomer and a hydrogen diffusion coefficient D2 of the cross-linked product of the elastomer composition satisfy the relationship 0.7&#x3c;D2/D1&#x3c;1.0.

Gas seal member for high-pressure hydrogen device, and high-pressure hydrogen device

Provided is a composition for a gas seal member that can form a gas seal member for a high-pressure hydrogen device that is capable of sufficiently inhibiting both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The composition for a gas seal member is a composition for a gas seal member used in a high-pressure hydrogen environment and contains an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures. The fibrous carbon nanostructures are contained in a proportion of not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the elastomer. An area fraction S (%) of aggregates of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in a cross-section of the composition for a gas seal member and a volume percentage V (volume %) of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in the composition for a gas seal member satisfy a relationship 0&#x2264;S/V&#x2264;2.0.

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Fukuoka, Japan

Shin Nishimura