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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Problem with hydrogen is that it can pass through solid materials, because it's just one proton, keeping it under high pressure makes the problem worse.

Heard about that issue in a YT video from a specialist about extreme vacuum devices and atoms leaking into it.
This concept is still absolutely wild to imagine for me. Atoms passing through solid stuff...