H – What does the color spectrum of Hydrogen mean?

Before to elaborate on the topic in the headline of this article, let me just remind that the Hydrogen element is an odorless and colorless gas. If observed in the Universe in the interstellar space it can give a pinkish red glow, this being only a visual effect created when Hydrogen is projected by the... Continue Reading →

H – How Flammable is Hydrogen?

Fire and explosions are exaclty what the Sun does. On Earth fire doesn't occur naturally that much like on the Sun, but we have it since the planet Earth exist. It is in volcanoes, in lightning strike or in wildfires ignited by the sun’s heat. Human species discovered fire so long ago that we can... Continue Reading →

H – The Challenge of Hydrogen Transport

In spite of important optimisations for Hydrogen Storage in the last couple of years, containing Hydrogen remains a challenge. In order to be contained effectively and used as fuel, hydrogen needs to to be kept either as gas at atmospheric temperature under high pressure or as liquid at lower pressure but  at cryogenic temperatures, or... Continue Reading →

H – The Challenge of Hydrogen Storage

On Earth Hydrogen elemental Hydrogen is scarce. It is difficult to get and diffcult to handle. However there are plenty of sources easily available on our planet from where we can get Hydrogen. There a lot of it combined in molecules with other elements such as Oxygen (in water) and Carbon (in hydrocarbons) plus various... Continue Reading →

H – The (current) uses of Hydrogen

PAST USES Hydrogen gas is the lightest element of all. The prime components of air, nitrogen (N) and oxygen (O), are 14 and 16 times heavier, hence giving hydrogen a dramaticly high buoyancy. This lightness of hydrogen made it a natural choice for one of its 1st practical uses – filling hot-air balloons. No balloon... Continue Reading →

H – The Hydrogen Compounds

Hydrogen is abundant, being the most common element in the universe. The sun consumes 600 million tons of it each second. On Earth at normal temperature and pressure the element Hydrogen is a gas. Because of its atomic structure of 1 proton and 1 electron H is the lightest element in existence and has an... Continue Reading →

H – The characteristic properties of Hydrogen.

Hydrogen is the simplest, lightest and smallest possible atom in existence; it has only 1 electron and a nucleus of 1 proton. You can visualize a hydrogen atom as a dense central nucleus with a single orbiting electron, much like a single planet in orbit around the sun. Scientists prefer to describe the electron as... Continue Reading →

HYDROGEN (H)

In science simplicity and beauty are often equated and that's exactly the case for Hydrogen, which is the most compact and abundant element in existence. No doubt, Hydrogen is the numero uno, the ultimate The King of Elements. Its chemical symbol is the capital letter: H. Called in different languages its name is: Hydrogenium (in... Continue Reading →

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