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Too low humidification levels and too high stack temperatures, insufficient reactant gas flows causing starvation phenomena, bad controls of pressure gaps between anode and cathode, further mechanical stress in the electrolyte can lead to severe and irreversible damages in PEM fuel cells, i.e., sealing and gasket deterioration, and/or break in the membranes. Overboard leak checks, sometimes called...