31 Porous materials
Make an object porous or add porous elements (inserts, coatings, etc.).
• Drill holes in a structure to reduce the weight.
If an object is already porous, use the pores to introduce a useful substance or function.
• Use a porous metal mesh to wick excess solder away from a joint.
• Store hydrogen in the pores of a palladium sponge. (Fuel *tank* for the hydrogen car--much safer than storing hydrogen gas)
• Drill holes in a structure to reduce the weight.
If an object is already porous, use the pores to introduce a useful substance or function.
• Use a porous metal mesh to wick excess solder away from a joint.
• Store hydrogen in the pores of a palladium sponge. (Fuel *tank* for the hydrogen car--much safer than storing hydrogen gas)
Is this principle frequently used?
This principle is rarely used with 47 instances in the matrix.This principle is proposed to solve the following contradictions:
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1/15 1/19 1/21 1/23 1/26 1/31 8/36 13/21 14/23 15/1 16/26 17/23 17/37 19/1 20/23 20/26 21/1 21/13 21/27 21/30 23/5 23/6 23/8 23/14 23/17 23/20 23/22 23/28 23/29 26/1 26/16 26/20 26/30 27/21 28/23 29/23 30/21 30/26 30/35 31/15 31/36 33/8 34/4 35/30 35/32 37/8 39/5
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This ranking reflects the frequency of occurrence of the principle in the analysed patents for this type of contradiction.
When a principle appears in first position, it means that it is statistically the most used in the patents studied for this type of problem.