HYDROGEN TRAPPER COMPOUND, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to a hydrogen trapper compound, a method for the production of said compound and the uses thereof. It is used in all situations where hydrogen is released or where it must be trapped, in particular for security reasons. The inventive hydrogen trapper compound is characterized in that it comprises at least one metallic salt of formula MX(OH) wherein M is a divalent transition element, e.g. Co or Ni; O represents an oxygen atom; X represents an atom from group 16 of the classification apart from O, e.g. a sulphur atom; and H represents a hydrogen atom. The inventive hydrogen trapper compound can effectively trap hydrogen either inside a material or in a free capacity.