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OP-IV-9A NEW GENERATION OF SUPER-THIN HYDROGEN FILTERINGPALLADIUM MEMBRANES (CREATING OF TECHNOLOGY ANDDEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTION)Barelko V.V. 1 , Ivanyuk A.G. 2 , Danishevski A.L. 2 , Chepelenko V.N. 2 , Bykov L.A. 3 ,Baichtok Yu.K. 3 , Slovetski D.I. 3 , Ivanov I.V. 4 , Brizitski O.F. 4 , Terent’ev V.Ya. 41 Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciiences, Chernogolovka,Moscow Region, e-mail: barelko@icp.ac.ru2 FUGP «Moscow plant on the treatment of special alloys», e-mail: chepelenko@mzss.ru3 «Chemphyst-Alloy LTD» Chernogolovka, e-mail: lbik@icp.ac.ru4 VNIIEF, Sarov, e-mail: brizitski@aven.visa44.vniief.ruIn this report we inform on the program that is represented by the above science,technology and commerce corporation. The aim of this program is the fastest application ofthe industrial production of the equipment to prepare super pure hydrogen from gaseousmixtures by the method of diffusion through membranes from palladium alloys.The actual importance of this task due to the orientation of the mankind to the hydrogentechnologies does not cause any doubt. The general assignment of hydrogen permeablematerials based on palladium alloys is directed to their application in various technologies ofthe hydrogen energy: the production of hydrogen by conversion of different hydrocarbons asalternative ecologically pure fuel in the auto industry and in the wide spectrum of equipmentswith fuel cells, in the metallurgy (the production of protective atmospheres), as well as in anumber of technologies in the chemical industry which transfers their schemes to«membrane» reactors (the preparation of ethylene, propylene, benzene, etc.).The main component of the developed composite membrane with the super thin diffusivelayer from the palladium alloy is the foil with thickness of 10 microns and lower. One of thekey elements of the developed technology providing to it the principal novelty and highcompetitive ability is the introduction to the process of stages, taken from the industrialtechnology for the production of tinsel gold in that the authors occupy the monopolepositions.The main task of the program is the forced development of the production of mentionedhydrogen filtering membranes which must provide the implementation leading positions forthe science technology corporation both on the forming Russian market and on the foreignmarkets for such items.The creation of selective hydrogen-filtering material with small thickness is the main butnot single task in the development and industrial production of hydrogen diffusive elements156