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Uses
Each year America uses over three million cubic feet of
hydrogen a year. Hydrogen has the most uses out of all the
elements. Some of the main uses for hydrogen are: ammonia,
the hydrogen fuel
cell, hydrodealkylation,
rocket fuel, welding, filling balloons. Hydrogen could be
used a lot more in the future if enough funding is given to
use a hydrogen based society. The only two problems with
this type of country is the high cost of hydrogen and if the
general public would accept it.
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Periodic Table Facts
Hydrogen is the first element on the periodic table. It
has an atomic number of 1, which means hat it has one proton
and one electron. Its atomic mass is 1, so it doesn't have
any neutrons. It is in period 1 which means that it is not a
noble gas. Since Hydrogen has only one electron, it does not
fill up its out valance energy level. Hydrogen is a gas and
a nonmetal.
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In the future the Hydrogen Fuel
Cell will be used to power our economy. This car is powered
by hydrogen, the stuff coming out of the car is gas, not
exhaust.
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This is hydrogen bomb, the most
powerful bomb in the world
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History
Hydrogen was discovered in 1766 by Henry Cavendish in
England. The word hydrogen comes from the Greek word for
"water forming."
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Compounds and
Isotopes
As well as having the most uses, hydrogen also combines
with the most elements and is the only element with its
isotopes named. Hydrogen combines to form: hydrogen
chloride, hydrogen
fluoride, hydrogen
iodide, hydrogen
sulfide, and hydrogen
telluride. Hydrogen has three major isotopes:
Protium, Deuterium, and Tritium. For every 6000 ordinary
hydrogen atom, there is one Deuterium atom.
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Things You May Not Know
- Melting point - 14.66 k
- Heat
of fusion - 0.05869
- Boiling point - 20.4 k
- Heat
atomization - 218 Kj/mol
- Hardness - mohs
- Natural source - water
- Hydrogen in other languages
- - Latin: Hydrogenium
- - Italian: Idrogene
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The Wonders of Hydrogen
Hydrogen makes up over 90% and is responsible for
powering the universe. Hydrogen started all elements. It
makes up the sun, which gives us our light. Hydrogen is
lighter than air and 10 times less dense than water.
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Glossary
- Hydrodealkylation: a type of
hydrogenation in fuel refining, used to methyl
- Ammonia: Fertilizer, hydrogen
and nitrogen make up ammonia
- Fuel
cell: Hydrogen fuel cell is a technology that
could allow us to use huge amounts of hydrogen power for
a cheap price
- Heat of fusion: the heat
required to change a solid into a liquid with no
temperature change
- K: Kelvin is a way to say the
temperature. Kelvin measures temperature based on the
average kinetic energy per molecule of perfect gas. The
zero of Kelvin is -273.15
- Heat atomization: energy
needed to decompose one mole of a certain substance into
atoms.
- Mohs: A scale in which
hardness is measured
- Hydrogen chloride: Compound of
hydrogen and chlorine
- Hydrogen fluoride: Compound of
hydrogen and fluorine
- Hydrogen iodide: Compound of
hydrogen and iodine
- Hydrogen sulfide: Compound of
hydrogen and sulfur
- Hydrogen telluride: Compound
of hydrogen and tellurium
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Bibliography
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This rocket is fueled by
Hydrogen fuel.
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