Hydrogen: A Element of Future

HYDROGEN IN LABORATORY

 Hydrogen: An Element of the Future

Hydrogen is the most strange and fundamental element in nature. After the Big bang first formed, the element was hydrogen. The most abundant element in the universe was hydrogen. Hydrogen is a non-metal that is placed in the first group of the periodic table. Almost 90% of the universe is full of this element.

Basic information:

Atomic number	1
Atomic mass	1.0080
Boiling point	-252.77-degrees celsius
Melting point	-252.20-degrees celsius
Density	0.08375 kg/m3
Appearance at room temperature	Gaseous form
Electronegative	2.1
Electron affinity	0.542 electron/volt

History of Hydrogen:

In the late 15 century, European chemists discovered the existence of hydrogen while seeking the origin of water on Earth. Then late 18th-century British scientist "Henry Cavendish" conducted an experiment with hydrogen and formed water. At the same time, a scientist named "Antoine Laurent Lavoisier" analyzed the components of water. And analyzing both hydrogen and oxygen.

Number of isotopes:

Isotopes are an atom which has the same atomic number but a different mass number.
Hydrogen has three isotopes:

Protium (has one proton):

Protium are most abundant isotope of hydrogen. It has 99.985%.

Deuterium (has one proton and one neutron):

Deuterium is not as abundant as protium. It has about 0.015%.

Tritium (has one proton and two neutrons):

Tritium is present in trace quantity. In traces amount.

Properties of Hydrogens:

There are four properties of Hydrogen:

1. It is a colorless gas.

2. It is odorless gas.

3. It is a tasteless and non-poisonous gas.

4. It is lighter than air.

5. It is a very flammable gas.

Position in the periodic table:

Strangely, hydrogen doesn't fit in their position. Why? 

It is placed in the top left of the periodic table, but it is not a metal. It is non-metal. It resembles an alkali metal because of these two points:

 1. It has one electron in its valence shell.

2. It loses electrons and form. 

It can't resemble alkali metal because of these reasons:

1. It is non-metal.

2. Unlike alkali metal it exists in the open atmosphere.

Hydrogen show also shows some resembles and non-resembles with halogen and group 4 elements.

Hydrogen colors:

If you are curious about the future and also see several futuristic videos. Then you know about hydrogen as a fuel of the future. Many videos there described many colors of hydrogens. You also want to know about different colors of hydrogen.

Generally, there are about three types of colors used to describe hydrogen on the base of their production.

1. Gray hydrogen

This type of hydrogen is mostly formed from fossil fuels. That's Why they are very dangerous for the environment. 

2. Blue hydrogen

This type of hydrogen is also formed from fossil fuels. But in this case, those harmful gases that are bad for the environment are not directly emitted concerning this purified by many different methods.

3. Green hydrogen 

This type of hydrogen is formed from green sources. It was safe for the environment.

Hydrogen in fusion reaction:

Hydrogen as we discussed earlier is the most abundant element in the whole universe. About 75% of the universe fulfilled this. Mostly all heavy compounds are formed from hydrogen by reaction that occur in star also known as "fusion reaction".

Scientists around the whole world try to build fusion plants from the next energy source. The best example is ITER Tokamak of China.

Benefits of fusion on fission:

Fusion is safe from radiation. It is much cheaper than fission. It produced higher energy than fission.

In comparison, fission produced harmful nuclear waste. It is not safe because it is very explosive. For example, the disaster in Russia is known as the "kyshtym disaster".

Important from life:

Hydrogen shows its importance in biological systems because it is one of the most basic elements of life.

Hydrogen is found in many organic and inorganic compounds necessary for life. Such as "water".

It also plays an important role in biochemistry and is found in major compounds such as "carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids" which play an important role in supporting life.

In organic chemistry:

In organic chemistry hydrogen play much importance because of the functional group like hydrocarbon, alcohol, ether, etc., contain carbon and hydrogen with another element.

In the case of macro-molecules hydrogen with carbon and some other elements formed large molecules. Such as PVC pipes, etc.,

The incident of the Hindenburg Disaster:

On May 6, 1937, airship explosion occurred. It impacts badly on hydrogen because in these airships' hydrogen gas is used for lifting. 

Hydrogen is very lighter gas than air and also cheaper than helium. That is Why in the 20th century airships gained popularity among the general public.

These airships used hydrogen as lifting gas. But one day on May 6, 1937, airship exploded.  

because of the leaking of hydrogen into the air. In this incident about 52-person died.

Hydrogen in Space:

Hydrogen has much future in space because it is the fuel of fusion reactions. Fusion engines are. 

very important because they have about 10% speed of light.

Interstellar space is filled with hydrogen gas. So, these engines have infinite fuel.

Future of Hydrogen:

Hydrogen has gained much importance since its discovery. Scientists wonder what this tiny element can do. The future of Hydrogen is brilliant as it is promised to give green energy and an open window of space and beyond.

Conclusion:

Hydrogen has been found very important in nature. As the most abundant in the universe, the first formed element after the Big Bang. The lightest most energetic element in the whole universe.

It has great potential to change humanity's future.

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This article is written by Noel Gill.

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