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width="480"/></div> </a> <figcaption class="nist-image__caption"><a><strong>Non-Cryogenic Hydrogen Storage at Low-Pressure</strong></a></figcaption></figure><p>聽</p></div><div class="tablet:grid-col"><figure class=" align-center nist-image" role="group"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240404165554/https://www.nist.gov/document/electron-spin-resonance-spectrometer-and-method-using-same-0"> <div> <img alt="Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer" height="480" loading="lazy" src="/web/20240404165554im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/480_x_480_limit/public/images/2023/09/12/Electron%20Spin%20Resonance%20Spectrometer.jpg?itok=7axKWgOt" typeof="foaf:Image" width="480"/></div> </a> <figcaption class="nist-image__caption"><strong>Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer</strong></figcaption></figure></div><div class="tablet:grid-col"><figure class=" align-center nist-image" role="group"><a 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