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{{About|the chemical element}}
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'''Hydrogen''' is a ]; it has ] '''H''' and ] 1. It is the lightest element and, at ], is a ] of ]s with the ] {{chem2|H2}}, sometimes called '''dihydrogen'''<!--] is a redirect to hydrogen also called '''diprotium'''-->,<ref>{{cite web |title=Dihydrogen |url=http://www.usm.maine.edu/~newton/Chy251_253/Lectures/LewisStructures/Dihydrogen.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213174645/http://usm.maine.edu/~newton/Chy251_253/Lectures/LewisStructures/Dihydrogen.html |archive-date=13 February 2009 |access-date=6 April 2009 |work=O{{=}}CHem Directory |publisher=] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> '''hydrogen gas''', '''molecular hydrogen''', or simply hydrogen. It is colorless, odorless,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hydrogen|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrogen|url-status=live|access-date=25 December 2021|website=]|language=en|archive-date=24 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224165150/https://www.britannica.com/science/hydrogen}}</ref> non-toxic, and highly ]. Constituting about 75% of all ] ], hydrogen is the ] chemical element in the ].<ref>{{cite web
'''Hydrogen''' ({{pronEng|ˈhaɪdrədʒən}}), is a ] represented by the symbol '''H''' and an ] of 1. At ] it is a colorless, odorless, ]lic, tasteless, highly ] ] ] (H<sub>2</sub>).
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==Properties==
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With an ] of ] g/], hydrogen is the lightest element.
|title=What is the chemical composition of stars?
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}}</ref> ], including the ], mainly consist of hydrogen in a ], while on Earth, hydrogen is found in ], ], as ], and in other ]s. The most common ] (protium, {{sup|1}}H) consists of one ], one ], and no ]s.


In the ], the formation of hydrogen's protons occurred in the first second after the ]; neutral hydrogen atoms only formed about 370,000 years later during the ] as the universe expanded and plasma had cooled enough for electrons to remain bound to protons.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Tanabashi |first=M. |display-authors=etal |year=2018 |journal=] |volume=98 |issue=3 |via=] at ] |url=http://pdg.lbl.gov/2018/reviews/rpp2018-rev-bbang-cosmology.pdf |page=358 |quote=Chapter 21.4.1 - This occurred when the age of the Universe was about 370,000 years. |title=Big-Bang Cosmology |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629034426/https://pdg.lbl.gov/2018/reviews/rpp2018-rev-bbang-cosmology.pdf |archive-date=29 June 2021 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.98.030001 |doi-access=free }} (Revised September 2017) by ] and ].</ref> Hydrogen gas was first produced artificially in the early 16th century by the reaction of acids with metals. ], in 1766–81, identified hydrogen gas as a distinct substance<ref>{{Cite episode
Hydrogen is the most ] of the chemical elements, constituting roughly 75% of the universe's elemental mass.<ref>, NASA Website. URL accessed on 2 June 2006.</ref> ]s in the ] are mainly composed of hydrogen in its ] state. Elemental hydrogen is relatively rare on ], and is industrially produced from ]s such as methane, after which most elemental hydrogen is used "captively" (meaning locally at the production site), with the largest markets about equally divided between fossil fuel upgrading (e.g., ]) and ] production (mostly for the fertilizer market). Hydrogen may be produced from water using the process of ], but this process is presently significantly more expensive commercially than hydrogen production from natural gas.
|title = Discovering the Elements
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}}</ref> and discovered its property of producing water when burned; hence its name means "water-former" in Greek. Understanding the colors of light absorbed and emitted by hydrogen was a crucial part of developing ].


Hydrogen, typically ] except under ], readily forms ] with most nonmetals, contributing to the formation of compounds like water and various organic substances. Its role is crucial in ], which mainly involve proton exchange among soluble molecules. In ], hydrogen can take the form of either a negatively charged ], where it is known as ], or as a positively charged ], H{{sup|+}}, called a proton. Although tightly bonded to water molecules, protons strongly affect the behavior of ]s, as reflected in the importance of pH. Hydride on the other hand, is rarely observed because it tends to deprotonate solvents, yielding H<sub>2</sub>.
The most common naturally occurring ] of hydrogen, known as ], has a single ] and no ]s. In ]s it can take on either a positive charge (becoming a ] composed of a bare proton) or a negative charge (becoming an ] known as a ]). Hydrogen can form compounds with most elements and is present in ] and most ]s. It plays a particularly important role in ], in which many reactions involve the exchange of protons between soluble molecules. As the only neutral atom for which the ] can be solved analytically, study of the energetics and bonding of the hydrogen atom has played a key role in the development of ].


Industrial ] occurs through ] of ]. The more familiar ] is uncommon because it is energy-intensive, i.e. expensive.<ref name="Dincer-2015">{{Cite journal|last1=Dincer|first1=Ibrahim|last2=Acar|first2=Canan|date=14 September 2015|title=Review and evaluation of hydrogen production methods for better sustainability|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319914034119|journal=International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|language=en|volume=40|issue=34|pages=11094–11111|doi=10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.12.035|bibcode=2015IJHE...4011094D |issn=0360-3199|access-date=4 February 2022|archive-date=15 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215183915/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319914034119|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
==Chemistry==
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The ] and ] of hydrogen with various metals are not very important in ] (as many metals can suffer ]) and in developing safe ways to store it for use as a fuel. Hydrogen is highly soluble in many compounds composed of ]s and ]s<ref name="Takeshita"> Takeshita T, Wallace WE, Craig RS. (1974). Hydrogen solubility in 1:5 compounds between yttrium or thorium and nickel or cobalt. ''Inorg Chem'' 13(9):2282.</ref> and can be dissolved in both ] and ] metals.<ref name="Kirchheim1">Kirchheim R, Mutschele T, Kieninger W. (1988). Hydrogen in amorphous and nanocrystalline metals ''Mater. Sci. Eng.'' 99: 457–462.</ref> Hydrogen solubility in metals is influenced by local distortions or impurities in the metal ].<ref name="Kirchheim2">Kirchheim R. (1988). Hydrogen solubility and diffusivity in defective and amorphous metals. ''Prog. Mater. Sci.'' 32(4):262–325.</ref>
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}}</ref> Its main industrial uses include ] processing, such as ] and hydrodesulfurization. ] also is a major consumer of hydrogen. ]s for electricity generation from hydrogen is rapidly emerging.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1155/2024/7271748 |title=A Recent Comprehensive Review of Fuel Cells: History, Types, and Applications |date=2024 |last1=Qasem |first1=Naef A. A. |last2=Abdulrahman |first2=Gubran A. Q. |journal=International Journal of Energy Research |issue=1 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2024IJER.202471748Q }}</ref>
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===Combustion=== == Properties ==
=== Combustion ===
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] burning hydrogen with oxygen, produces a nearly invisible flame at full thrust.|alt=A black inverted funnel with blue glow emerging from its opening.]]


Hydrogen gas is highly flammable:
Hydrogen gas is highly flammable and will burn at concentrations as low as 4% H<sub>2</sub> in air. The ] of combustion for hydrogen is – 286 kJ/mol; it combusts according to the following balanced equation.
:{{chem2|2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(l)}} (572&nbsp;kJ/2 mol = 286&nbsp;kJ/mol = 141.865 MJ/kg)<ref group="note">286&nbsp;kJ/mol: energy per mole of the combustible material (molecular hydrogen).</ref>
:2 H<sub>2</sub>(g) + O<sub>2</sub>(g) → 2 H<sub>2</sub>O(l) + 572 kJ/mol
]: −286&nbsp;kJ/mol.<ref>{{cite book
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Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixtures with air in concentrations from 4–74%<ref>{{cite journal
When mixed with oxygen across a wide range of proportions, hydrogen does nothing upon ignition. Hydrogen burns violently in air. <!--It ignites automatically at a temperature of 500 degrees celsius, and burns up to 2,500 degrees celsius. ... commenting this out pending verification; added by an anon with a history of adding unsourced ignition points; original writing didn't inspire confidence-->
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Pure hydrogen-oxygen flames burn in the ] color range and are nearly invisible to the naked eye, as illustrated by the faintness of flame from the main ] engines (as opposed to the easily visible flames from the shuttle boosters). Thus it is difficult to visually detect if a hydrogen leak is burning. The ] is an infamous case of hydrogen combustion (pictured), although the tragedy was due mainly to combustible materials in the skin of the zeppelin, which were also responsible for the coloring of the flames.<ref>{{cite web | last = Dziadecki | first = John | year = 2005 | url = http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/zf/LZ129fire.htm | title = Hindenburg Hydrogen Fire | accessdate = 2007-01-16 }}</ref> Another characteristic of hydrogen fires is that the flames tend to ascend rapidly with the gas in air, as illustrated by the Hindenberg flames, causing less damage than hydrocarbon fires. For example, two-thirds of the Hindenburg passengers survived the fire, and many of the deaths which occurred were from falling or from gasoline burns.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hydropole.ch/Hydropole/Intro/Hindenburg.htm | title = The Hindenburg Disaster | publisher = Swiss Hydrogen Association | accessdate = 2007-01-16 }}</ref>
|last2=Fineschi|first2=F.
|title=Deflagrations of H<sub>2</sub>–air and CH<sub>4</sub>–air lean mixtures in a vented multi-compartment environment
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}}</ref> and with chlorine at 5–95%. The hydrogen ], the temperature of spontaneous ignition in air, is {{convert|500|C|F}}.<ref>{{cite book
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===Electron energy levels=== ==== Flame ====
Pure ] flames emit ] light and with high oxygen mix are nearly invisible to the naked eye, as illustrated by the faint plume of the ], compared to the highly visible plume of a ], which uses an ]. The detection of a burning hydrogen leak, may require a ]; such leaks can be very dangerous. Hydrogen flames in other conditions are blue, resembling blue natural gas flames.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Visible emission of hydrogen flames|last1=Schefer|first1=E. W.|last2=Kulatilaka|first2=W. D.|last3=Patterson|first3=B. D.|last4=Settersten|first4=T. B.|date=June 2009|journal=Combustion and Flame|volume=156|issue=6|pages=1234–1241|doi=10.1016/j.combustflame.2009.01.011|bibcode=2009CoFl..156.1234S |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1258847|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129015717/https://zenodo.org/record/1258847|url-status=live}}</ref> The ] was a notorious example of hydrogen combustion and the cause is still debated. The visible flames in the photographs were the result of carbon compounds in the airship skin burning.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Myths about the Hindenburg Crash|url=https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/myths/|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Airships.net|language=en-US|archive-date=20 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420055020/https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/myths/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{main|Hydrogen atom}}
] radius. (Image not to scale)]]


=== Electron energy levels ===
The ] ] of the electron in a hydrogen atom is -13.6 ], which is equivalent to an ultraviolet ] of roughly 92 ].
{{Main|Hydrogen atom}}
] radius (image not to scale)|alt=Drawing of a light-gray large sphere with a cut off quarter and a black small sphere and numbers 1.7×10{{sup|−5}} illustrating their relative diameters.]]
The ] ] of the electron in a hydrogen atom is −13.6&nbsp;],<ref>{{cite web|author1=NAAP Labs|title=Energy Levels|url=http://astro.unl.edu/naap/hydrogen/levels.html|publisher=University of Nebraska Lincoln|access-date=20 May 2015|date=2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511120536/http://astro.unl.edu/naap/hydrogen/levels.html|archive-date=11 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> equivalent to an ] ] of roughly 91&nbsp;nm wavelength.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=photon+wavelength+13.6+ev|title=photon wavelength 13.6 eV|access-date=20 May 2015|date=20 May 2015|work=Wolfram Alpha|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512221720/http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=photon+wavelength+13.6+ev|archive-date=12 May 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The energy levels of hydrogen are referred to by consecutive ]s, with <math>n=1</math> being the ground state. The ] corresponds to emission of light due to transitions from higher to lower energy levels.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Levine |first=Ira N. |title=Quantum chemistry |date=1970 |publisher=Pearson |isbn=978-0-321-89060-3 |edition=2 |series=Pearson advanced chemistry series |location=Boston}}</ref>{{rp|105}}


The energy levels of hydrogen can be calculated fairly accurately using the ] of the atom, which conceptualizes the electron as "orbiting" the proton in analogy to the Earth's orbit of the sun. However, the ] force attracts electrons and protons to one another, while planets and celestial objects are attracted to each other by ]. Because of the discretization of ] postulated in early ] by Bohr, the electron in the Bohr model can only occupy certain allowed distances from the proton, and therefore only certain allowed energies. A more accurate description of the hydrogen atom comes from a purely quantum mechanical treatment that uses the ] or the equivalent ] ] to calculate the ] of the electron around the proton. Treating the electron as a ] reproduces chemical results such as shape of the hydrogen atom more naturally than the particle-based Bohr model, although the energy and spectral results are the same. Modeling the system fully using the ] of nucleus and electron (as one would do in the ] in celestial mechanics) yields an even better formula for the hydrogen spectra, and also the correct spectral shifts for the isotopes ] and ]. Very small adjustments in energy levels in the hydrogen atom, which correspond to actual spectral effects, may be determined by using a full quantum mechanical theory which corrects for the effects of ] (see ]), and by accounting for quantum effects arising from production of virtual particles in the vacuum and as a result of electric fields (see ]). The energy levels of hydrogen can be calculated fairly accurately using the ] of the atom, in which the electron "orbits" the proton, like how Earth orbits the Sun. However, the electron and proton are held together by electrostatic attraction, while planets and celestial objects are held by ]. Due to the discretization of ] postulated in early ] by Bohr, the electron in the Bohr model can only occupy certain allowed distances from the proton, and therefore only certain allowed energies.<ref>{{cite web
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An accurate description of the hydrogen atom comes from a quantum analysis that uses the ], ] or ] ] to calculate the ] of the electron around the proton.<ref>{{cite web| last=Stern| first=D. P.| date=13 February 2005| url=http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Q7.htm| title=Wave Mechanics| publisher=NASA Goddard Space Flight Center| access-date=16 April 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513195241/http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Q7.htm| archive-date=13 May 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> The most complex formulas include the small effects of ] and ]. In the quantum mechanical treatment, the electron in a ground state hydrogen atom has no angular momentum—illustrating how the "planetary orbit" differs from electron motion.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
In hydrogen gas, the electronic ] ] is split into ] levels because of ] effects of the quantum mechanical ] of the electron and proton. The energy of the atom when the proton and electron spins are aligned is higher than when they are not aligned. The transition between these two states can occur through emission of a photon through a ] transition. ]s can detect the radiation produced in this process, which is used to map the distribution of hydrogen in the galaxy.


=== Spin isomers ===
H<sub>2</sub> reacts directly with other oxidizing elements. A violent and spontaneous reaction can occur at room temperature with ] and ], forming the corresponding hydrogen halides: ] and ].
{{Main|Spin isomers of hydrogen}}
===Elemental molecular forms===
Molecular {{chem2|H2}} exists as two ]s that differ in the ] of their nuclei.<ref name="uigi">{{cite web|author=Staff|date=2003|url=http://www.uigi.com/hydrogen.html|title=Hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) Properties, Uses, Applications: Hydrogen Gas and Liquid Hydrogen|publisher=Universal Industrial Gases, Inc.|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219073329/http://www.uigi.com/hydrogen.html|archive-date=19 February 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In the '''orthohydrogen''' form, the spins of the two nuclei are parallel, forming a spin ] having a ] <math>S = 1</math>; in the '''parahydrogen''' form the spins are antiparallel and form a spin ] having spin <math>S = 0</math>. The equilibrium ratio of ortho- to para-hydrogen depends on temperature. At room temperature or warmer, equilibrium hydrogen gas contains about 25% of the para form and 75% of the ortho form.<ref name="Green2012">{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Richard A. |display-authors=etal |title=The theory and practice of hyperpolarization in magnetic resonance using ''para''hydrogen |journal=Prog. Nucl. Magn. Reson. Spectrosc. |date=2012 |volume=67 |pages=1–48 |doi=10.1016/j.pnmrs.2012.03.001 |pmid=23101588 |bibcode=2012PNMRS..67....1G |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079656512000477 |access-date=28 August 2021 |archive-date=28 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828222611/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079656512000477 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ortho form is an ], having higher energy than the para form by 1.455&nbsp;kJ/mol,<ref name="PlanckInstitut">{{cite web |url=https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/146336/para-Wasserstoff |language=de |website=Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie |title=Die Entdeckung des para-Wasserstoffs (The discovery of para-hydrogen) |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=16 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116064055/https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/146336/para-Wasserstoff |url-status=live }}</ref> and it converts to the para form over the course of several minutes when cooled to low temperature.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Milenko|first1=Yu. Ya.|last2=Sibileva|first2=R. M.|last3=Strzhemechny|first3=M. A.|title=Natural ortho-para conversion rate in liquid and gaseous hydrogen|journal=Journal of Low Temperature Physics|date=1997|volume=107|issue=1–2|pages=77–92
] at the ].]]
|doi=10.1007/BF02396837|bibcode = 1997JLTP..107...77M |s2cid=120832814}}</ref> The thermal properties of these isomers differ because each has distinct ].<!-- This link is less direct than ] but presently the subject better (June 2021).--><ref name="NASA">{{cite web|last=Hritz|first=J.|date=March 2006|url=http://smad-ext.grc.nasa.gov/gso/manual/chapter_06.pdf|title=CH. 6&nbsp;– Hydrogen|work=NASA Glenn Research Center Glenn Safety Manual, Document GRC-MQSA.001|publisher=NASA|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216050326/http://smad-ext.grc.nasa.gov/gso/manual/chapter_06.pdf|archive-date=16 February 2008}}</ref>


The ortho-to-para ratio in {{chem2|H2}} is an important consideration in the ] and storage of ]: the conversion from ortho to para is ] and produces sufficient heat to evaporate most of the liquid if not converted first to parahydrogen during the cooling process.<ref name="Amos98">{{cite web|url=http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy99osti/25106.pdf|title=Costs of Storing and Transporting Hydrogen|publisher=National Renewable Energy Laboratory|date=1 November 1998|first1=Wade A.|last1=Amos|pages=6–9|access-date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226131234/http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy99osti/25106.pdf|archive-date=26 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ]s for the ortho-para interconversion, such as ] and ] compounds, are used during hydrogen cooling to avoid this loss of liquid.<ref name="Svadlenak">{{cite journal|last1=Svadlenak|first1=R. E.|last2=Scott|first2=A. B.|title=The Conversion of Ortho- to Parahydrogen on Iron Oxide-Zinc Oxide Catalysts|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society|date=1957|volume=79|issue=20|pages=5385–5388|doi=10.1021/ja01577a013|bibcode=1957JAChS..79.5385S }}</ref>
There are two different types of diatomic hydrogen molecules that differ by the relative ] of their nuclei.<ref>{{cite web | title= Universal Industrial Gases, Inc. &ndash; Hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) Applications and Uses | url=http://www.uigi.com/hydrogen.html | accessmonthday= September 15 | accessyear= 2005 }}</ref> In the ] form, the spins of the two protons are parallel and form a triplet state; in the ] form the spins are antiparallel and form a singlet. At standard temperature and pressure, hydrogen gas contains about 25% of the para form and 75% of the ortho form, also known as the "normal form".<ref name="Tikhonov">Tikhonov VI, Volkov AA. (2002). Separation of water into its ortho and para isomers. ''Science'' 296(5577):2363.</ref> The equilibrium ratio of orthohydrogen to parahydrogen depends on temperature, but since the ortho form is an ] and has a higher energy than the para form, it is unstable and cannot be purified. At very low temperatures, the equilibrium state is composed almost exclusively of the para form. The physical properties of pure parahydrogen differ slightly from those of the normal form.<ref name="NASA">NASA Glenn Research Center Glenn Safety Manual. CH. 6 - Hydrogen. Document GRC-MQSA.001, March 2006. </ref> The ortho/para distinction also occurs in other hydrogen-containing molecules or functional groups, such as water and ].


=== Phases ===
The uncatalyzed interconversion between para and ortho H<sub>2</sub> increases with increasing temperature; thus rapidly condensed H<sub>2</sub> contains large quantities of the high-energy ortho form that convert to the para form very slowly.<ref>Milenko YY, Sibileva RM, Strzhemechny MA. (1997). Natural ortho-para conversion rate in liquid and gaseous hydrogen. ''J Low Temp Phys'' 107(1-2):77–92.</ref> The ortho/para ratio in condensed H<sub>2</sub> is an important consideration in the preparation and storage of liquid hydrogen: the conversion from ortho to para is ] and produces enough heat to evaporate the hydrogen liquid, leading to loss of the liquefied material. ]s for the ortho-para interconversion, such as ] compounds, are used during hydrogen cooling.<ref name="Svadlenak"> Svadlenak RE, Scott AB. (1957). The Conversion of Ortho-to Parahydrogen on Iron Oxide-Zinc Oxide Catalysts. ''J Am Chem Soc'' 79(20); 5385–5388.</ref>
].]]
] of hydrogen. The temperature and pressure scales are ], so one unit corresponds to a 10× change. The left edge corresponds to 10{{sup|5}} Pa, or about one atmosphere.{{image reference needed|date=December 2022}}|alt=Phase diagram of hydrogen on logarithmic scales. Lines show boundaries between phases, with the end of the liquid-gas line indicating the critical point. The triple point of hydrogen is just off-scale to the left.]]
] can exist at temperatures below hydrogen's ] of 33&nbsp;].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://webbook.nist.gov/cgi/cbook.cgi?ID=C1333740&Mask=4 |title=Hydrogen |website=NIST Chemistry WebBook, SRD 69 |publisher=] |access-date=2025-01-14 |year=2023}}</ref> However, for it to be in a fully liquid state at ], H<sub>2</sub> needs to be cooled to {{convert|20.28|K|C F}}. Hydrogen was liquefied by ] in 1898 by using ] and his invention, the ]. Liquid hydrogen is a common ], and it can also be used as the fuel for an ] or ].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


] can be made at ], by decreasing the temperature below hydrogen's ] of {{convert|14.01|K}}. It was collected for the first time by ] in 1899.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Multiple distinct solid phases exist, known as Phase I through Phase V, each exhibiting a characteristic molecular arrangement.<ref name="Helled2020">{{cite journal|first1=Ravit |last1=Helled |first2=Guglielmo |last2=Mazzola |first3=Ronald |last3=Redmer |title=Understanding dense hydrogen at planetary conditions |date=2020-09-01 |journal=Nature Reviews Physics |volume=2 |issue=10 |pages=562–574 |doi=10.1038/s42254-020-0223-3 |arxiv=2006.12219|bibcode=2020NatRP...2..562H }}</ref> Liquid and solid phases can exist in combination at the ], a substance known as ].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ohira |first=K. |chapter=Slush hydrogen production, storage, and transportation |date=2016 |title=Compendium of Hydrogen Energy |pages=53–90 |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.1016/b978-1-78242-362-1.00003-1 |isbn=978-1-78242-362-1}}</ref>
A molecular form called ], or H<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup>, is found in the ] (ISM), where it is generated by ionization of molecular Hydrogen from ]s. It has also been observed in the upper atmosphere of the planet ]. This molecule is relatively stable in the environment of outer space due to the low temperature and density. H<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup> is one of the most abundant ions in the Universe, and it plays a notable role in the chemistry of the interstellar medium.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://h3plus.uiuc.edu/ | title = H3+ Resource Center | publisher = Universities of Illinois and Chicago | accessdate = 2007-02-09 }}</ref>


], a phase obtained at extremely high pressures (in excess of {{convert|400|GPa|atm psi}}), is an electrical conductor. It is believed to exist deep within ]s like ].<ref name="Helled2020"/><ref>{{cite book|last1=Frankoi |first1=A. |display-authors=etal |title=Astronomy 2e |year=2022 |publisher=OpenStax |chapter-url=https://openstax.org/books/astronomy-2e/pages/11-2-the-giant-planets |chapter=11.2 The Giant Planets |page=370 |isbn=978-1-951693-50-3}}</ref>
===Compounds===
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When ], hydrogen becomes a ]. This is the form in which hydrogen exists within ]s.
====Covalent and organic compounds====
While H<sub>2</sub> is not very reactive under standard conditions, it does form compounds with most elements. Millions of ]s are known, but they are not formed by the direct reaction of elementary hydrogen and carbon (although ] production followed by the ] to make hydrocarbons comes close to being an exception, as this begins with coal and the elemental hydrogen is generated in situ). Hydrogen can form compounds with elements that are more ], such as ]s (e.g., F, Cl, Br, I) and ]s (O, S, Se); in these compounds hydrogen takes on a partial positive charge. When bonded to ], ], or ], hydrogen can participate in a form of strong noncovalent bonding called ]ing, which is critical to the stability of many biological molecules. Hydrogen also forms compounds with less electronegative elements, such as the ]s and ]s, in which it takes on a partial negative charge. These compounds are often known as ]s.


=== Isotopes ===
Hydrogen forms a vast array of compounds with ]. Because of their general association with living things, these compounds came to be called ]s; the study of their properties is known as ] and their study in the context of living ]s is known as ]. By some definitions, "organic" compounds are only required to contain carbon (as a classic historical example, ]). However, most of them also contain hydrogen, and since it is the carbon-hydrogen bond which gives this class of compounds most of its particular chemical characteristics, carbon-hydrogen bonds are required in some definitions of the word "organic" in chemistry. (This latter definition is not perfect, however, as in this definition urea would ''not'' be included as an organic compound).
{{Main|Isotopes of hydrogen}}
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Hydrogen has three naturally occurring isotopes, denoted {{chem|1|H}}, {{chem|2|H}} and {{chem|3|H}}. Other, highly unstable nuclei ({{chem|4|H}} to {{chem|7|H}}) have been synthesized in the laboratory but not observed in nature.<ref name="Gurov">{{cite journal
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* '''{{chem|1|H}}''' is the most common hydrogen isotope, with an abundance of >99.98%. Because the ] of this isotope consists of only a single proton, it is given the descriptive but rarely used formal name ''protium''.<ref>{{cite journal
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* '''{{chem|2|H}}''', the other stable hydrogen isotope, is known as ] and contains one proton and one ] in the nucleus. Nearly all deuterium in the universe is thought to have been produced at the time of the ], and has endured since then. Deuterium is not radioactive, and is not a significant toxicity hazard. Water enriched in molecules that include deuterium instead of normal hydrogen is called ]. Deuterium and its compounds are used as a non-radioactive label in chemical experiments and in solvents for {{chem|1|H}}-].<ref>{{cite journal
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* '''{{chem|3|H}}''' is known as ] and contains one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus. It is radioactive, decaying into ] through ] with a ] of 12.32 years.<ref name="Miessler" /> It is radioactive enough to be used in ] to enhance the visibility of data displays, such as for painting the hands and dial-markers of watches. The watch glass prevents the small amount of radiation from escaping the case.<ref name="Traub95">{{cite web|last1=Traub|first1=R. J.|last2=Jensen|first2=J. A.|title=Tritium radioluminescent devices, Health and Safety Manual|url=http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/27/001/27001618.pdf|publisher=International Atomic Energy Agency|access-date=20 May 2015|page=2.4|date=June 1995|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906043743/http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/27/001/27001618.pdf|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Small amounts of tritium are produced naturally by cosmic rays striking atmospheric gases; tritium has also been released in ].<ref>{{cite web| author=Staff| date=15 November 2007| url=http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/radionuclides/tritium.html| publisher=U.S. Environmental Protection Agency| title=Tritium| access-date=12 February 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102171148/http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/radionuclides/tritium.html| archive-date=2 January 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> It is used in nuclear fusion,<ref>{{cite web| last=Nave| first=C. R.| title=Deuterium-Tritium Fusion| work=HyperPhysics| publisher=Georgia State University| date=2006| url=http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nucene/fusion.html| access-date=8 March 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316055852/http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nucene/fusion.html| archive-date=16 March 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> as a tracer in ],<ref>{{cite journal| first1=C.| last1=Kendall| first2=E.| last2=Caldwell| journal=Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology| title=Chapter 2: Fundamentals of Isotope Geochemistry| editor1=C. Kendall| editor2=J. J. McDonnell| publisher=US Geological Survey| date=1998| doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-81546-0.50009-4| url=http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/isopubs/itchch2.html#2.5.1| access-date=8 March 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314192517/http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/isoig/isopubs/itchch2.html#2.5.1| archive-date=14 March 2008| pages=51–86}}</ref> and in specialized ] devices.<ref>{{cite web| title=The Tritium Laboratory| publisher=University of Miami| date=2008| url=http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/tritium/| access-date=8 March 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228061358/http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/tritium/| archive-date=28 February 2008| df=dmy-all}}</ref> Tritium has also been used in chemical and biological labeling experiments as a ].<ref name="holte">{{cite journal| last1=Holte| first1=A. E.| last2=Houck| first2=M. A.| last3=Collie| first3=N. L.| title=Potential Role of Parasitism in the Evolution of Mutualism in Astigmatid Mites| journal=Experimental and Applied Acarology| volume=25| issue=2| pages=97–107| date=2004|doi=10.1023/A:1010655610575| pmid=11513367| s2cid=13159020}}</ref>


Unique among the elements, distinct names are assigned to its isotopes in common use. During the early study of radioactivity, heavy radioisotopes were given their own names, but these are mostly no longer used. The symbols D and T (instead of {{chem|2|H}} and {{chem|3|H}}) are sometimes used for deuterium and tritium, but the symbol P was already used for ] and thus was not available for protium.<ref>{{cite web|last=van der Krogt|first=P.|date=5 May 2005|url=http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=H|publisher=Elementymology & Elements Multidict|title=Hydrogen|access-date=20 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123001440/http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=H|archive-date=23 January 2010}}</ref> In its ] guidelines, the ] (IUPAC) allows any of D, T, {{chem|2|H}}, and {{chem|3|H}} to be used, though {{chem|2|H}} and {{chem|3|H}} are preferred.<ref>§ IR-3.3.2, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209043933/http://old.iupac.org/reports/provisional/abstract04/RB-prs310804/Chap3-3.04.pdf |date=9 February 2016 }}, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division, IUPAC. Accessed on line 3 October 2007.</ref>
In ], hydrides can also serve as ]s that link two metal centers in a ]. This function is particularly common in ]s, especially in ]s (] hydrides) and ] complexes, as well as in clustered ]s.<ref name="Miessler" />


The ] ] (symbol Mu), composed of an anti] and an ], can also be considered a light radioisotope of hydrogen.<ref name="Gold">{{cite book|author=IUPAC|title=Compendium of Chemical Terminology|title-link=Compendium of Chemical Terminology|publisher=]|year=1997|isbn=978-0-86542-684-9|editor=A. D. McNaught, A. Wilkinson|edition=2nd|chapter=Muonium|doi=10.1351/goldbook.M04069|author-link=International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry|access-date=15 November 2016|chapter-url=http://goldbook.iupac.org/M04069.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313121643/http://goldbook.iupac.org/M04069.html|archive-date=13 March 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Because muons decay with lifetime {{val|2.2|u=]}}, muonium is too unstable for observable chemistry.<ref name="Hughes">{{cite journal|author=V. W. Hughes|display-authors=etal|year=1960|title=Formation of Muonium and Observation of its Larmor Precession|journal=]|volume=5|issue=2|pages=63–65|bibcode=1960PhRvL...5...63H|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.5.63}}</ref> Nevertheless, muonium compounds are important test cases for ], due to the mass difference between the antimuon and the proton,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bondi|first1=D. K.|last2=Connor|first2=J. N. L.|last3=Manz|first3=J.|last4=Römelt|first4=J.|date=20 October 1983|title=Exact quantum and vibrationally adiabatic quantum, semiclassical and quasiclassical study of the collinear reactions Cl + MuCl, Cl + HCl, Cl + DCl|journal=Molecular Physics|volume=50|issue=3|pages=467–488|doi=10.1080/00268978300102491|bibcode=1983MolPh..50..467B |issn=0026-8976}}</ref> and IUPAC nomenclature incorporates such hypothetical compounds as muonium chloride (MuCl) and sodium muonide (NaMu), analogous to ] and ] respectively.<ref name="iupac">{{cite journal
====Hydrides====
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Compounds of hydrogen are often called ]s, a term that is used fairly loosely. To chemists, the term "hydride" usually implies that the H atom has acquired a negative or anionic character, denoted H<sup>&minus;</sup>. The existence of the hydride anion, suggested by G.N. Lewis in 1916 for group I and II salt-like hydrides, was demonstrated by Moers in 1920 with the electrolysis of molten ] (LiH), that produced a ] quantity of hydrogen at the anode.<ref name="Moers">K. Moers, (1920). 2. Z. Anorg. Allgem. Chem., 113:191.</ref> For hydrides other than group I and II metals, the term is quite misleading, considering the low electronegativity of hydrogen. An exception in group II hydrides is BeH<sub>2</sub>, which is polymeric. In ], the AlH<sub>4</sub><sup>&minus;</sup> anion carries hydridic centers firmly attached to the Al(III). Although hydrides can be formed with almost all main-group elements, the number and combination of possible compounds varies widely; for example, there are over 100 binary borane hydrides known, but only one binary aluminum hydride.<ref name="Downs">Downs AJ, Pulham CR. (1994). The hydrides of aluminium, gallium, indium, and thallium: a re-evaluation. ''Chem Soc Rev'' 23:175–83.</ref> Binary ] hydride has not yet been identified, although larger complexes exist.<ref name="Hibbs"> Hibbs DE, Jones C, Smithies NA. (1999). A remarkably stable indium trihydride complex: synthesis and characterization of . ''Chem Commum'' 185–6.</ref>
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] ({{physics particle|anti=yes|H}}) is the ] counterpart to hydrogen. It consists of an ] with a ]. Antihydrogen is the only type of antimatter atom to have been produced {{as of|2015|lc=y}}.<ref name="char15">{{cite journal|last1=Charlton|first1=Mike|last2=Van Der Werf|first2=Dirk Peter|title=Advances in antihydrogen physics|journal=Science Progress|date=1 March 2015|volume=98|issue=1|pages=34–62|doi=10.3184/003685015X14234978376369|pmid=25942774|pmc=10365473 |s2cid=23581065}}</ref><ref name="Keller15">{{cite journal|last1=Kellerbauer|first1=Alban|title=Why Antimatter Matters|journal=European Review|date=29 January 2015|volume=23|issue=1|pages=45–56|doi=10.1017/S1062798714000532|s2cid=58906869}}</ref>
===="Protons" and acids====
Oxidation of H<sub>2</sub> formally gives the ], H<sup>+</sup>. This species is central to discussion of ]s, though the term proton is used loosely to refer to positively charged or ]ic hydrogen, denoted H<sup>+</sup>. A bare proton H<sup>+</sup> cannot exist in solution because of its strong tendency to attach itself to atoms or molecules with electrons. To avoid the convenient fiction of the naked "solvated proton" in solution, acidic aqueous solutions are sometimes considered to contain the ] ion (H<sub>3</sub>O<sup>+</sup>) organized into clusters to form H<sub>9</sub>O<sub>4</sub><sup>+</sup>.<ref name="Okumura">Okumura M, Yeh LI, Myers JD, Lee YT. (1990). Infrared spectra of the solvated hydronium ion: vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of mass-selected H3O+•H2On•H2m.</ref> Other ] ions are found when water is in solution with other solvents.<ref name="Perdoncin">Perdoncin G, Scorrano G. (1977). Protonation equilibria in water at several temperatures of alcohols, ethers, acetone, dimethyl sulfide, and dimethyl sulfoxide. 99(21); 6983–6986.</ref>


=== Thermal and physical properties ===
Although exotic on earth, one of the most common ions in the universe is the ] ion, known as protonated molecular hydrogen or the triatomic hydrogen cation.<ref name="Carrington">Carrington A, McNab IR. (1989). The infrared predissociation spectrum of triatomic hydrogen cation (H3+). ''Accounts of Chemical Research'' 22:218–22.</ref>
Table of thermal and physical properties of hydrogen (H{{sub|2}}) at atmospheric pressure:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Holman |first=Jack P. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46959719 |title=Heat transfer |date=2002 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=0-07-240655-0 |edition=9th |location=New York, NY |pages=600–606 |language=English |oclc=46959719}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author-link1=Frank P. Incropera |last1=Incropera |last2=Dewitt |last3=Bergman |last4=Lavigne |first1=Frank P. |first2=David P. |first3=Theodore L. |first4=Adrienne S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62532755 |title=Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer |date=2007 |publisher=John Wiley and Sons, Inc |isbn=978-0-471-45728-2 |edition=6th |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=941–950 |language=English |oclc=62532755 }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|Temperature (K)
|Density (kg/m^3)
|Specific heat (kJ/kg K)
|Dynamic viscosity (kg/m s)
|Kinematic viscosity (m^2/s)
|Thermal conductivity (W/m K)
|Thermal diffusivity (m^2/s)
|Prandtl Number
|-
|100
|0.24255
|11.23
|4.21E-06
|1.74E-05
|6.70E-02
|2.46E-05
|0.707
|-
|150
|0.16371
|12.602
|5.60E-06
|3.42E-05
|0.0981
|4.75E-05
|0.718
|-
|200
|0.1227
|13.54
|6.81E-06
|5.55E-05
|0.1282
|7.72E-05
|0.719
|-
|250
|0.09819
|14.059
|7.92E-06
|8.06E-05
|0.1561
|1.13E-04
|0.713
|-
|300
|0.08185
|14.314
|8.96E-06
|1.10E-04
|0.182
|1.55E-04
|0.706
|-
|350
|0.07016
|14.436
|9.95E-06
|1.42E-04
|0.206
|2.03E-04
|0.697
|-
|400
|0.06135
|14.491
|1.09E-05
|1.77E-04
|0.228
|2.57E-04
|0.69
|-
|450
|0.05462
|14.499
|1.18E-05
|2.16E-04
|0.251
|3.16E-04
|0.682
|-
|500
|0.04918
|14.507
|1.26E-05
|2.57E-04
|0.272
|3.82E-04
|0.675
|-
|550
|0.04469
|14.532
|1.35E-05
|3.02E-04
|0.292
|4.52E-04
|0.668
|-
|600
|0.04085
|14.537
|1.43E-05
|3.50E-04
|0.315
|5.31E-04
|0.664
|-
|700
|0.03492
|14.574
|1.59E-05
|4.55E-04
|0.351
|6.90E-04
|0.659
|-
|800
|0.0306
|14.675
|1.74E-05
|5.69E-04
|0.384
|8.56E-04
|0.664
|-
|900
|0.02723
|14.821
|1.88E-05
|6.90E-04
|0.412
|1.02E-03
|0.676
|-
|1000
|0.02424
|14.99
|2.01E-05
|8.30E-04
|0.448
|1.23E-03
|0.673
|-
|1100
|0.02204
|15.17
|2.13E-05
|9.66E-04
|0.488
|1.46E-03
|0.662
|-
|1200
|0.0202
|15.37
|2.26E-05
|1.12E-03
|0.528
|1.70E-03
|0.659
|-
|1300
|0.01865
|15.59
|2.39E-05
|1.28E-03
|0.568
|1.96E-03
|0.655
|-
|1400
|0.01732
|15.81
|2.51E-05
|1.45E-03
|0.61
|2.23E-03
|0.65
|-
|1500
|0.01616
|16.02
|2.63E-05
|1.63E-03
|0.655
|2.53E-03
|0.643
|-
|1600
|0.0152
|16.28
|2.74E-05
|1.80E-03
|0.697
|2.82E-03
|0.639
|-
|1700
|0.0143
|16.58
|2.85E-05
|1.99E-03
|0.742
|3.13E-03
|0.637
|-
|1800
|0.0135
|16.96
|2.96E-05
|2.19E-03
|0.786
|3.44E-03
|0.639
|-
|1900
|0.0128
|17.49
|3.07E-05
|2.40E-03
|0.835
|3.73E-03
|0.643
|-
|2000
|0.0121
|18.25
|3.18E-05
|2.63E-03
|0.878
|3.98E-03
|0.661
|}


==Isotopes== == History ==
{{main|Isotopes of hydrogen}} {{Main|Timeline of hydrogen technologies}}
] for discussion of why others do not exist)]]


=== 18th century ===
Hydrogen has three naturally occurring isotopes, denoted <sup>1</sup>H, ²H, and ³H. Other, highly unstable nuclei (<sup>4</sup>H to <sup>7</sup>H) have been synthesized in the laboratory but not observed in nature.<ref name="Gurov">Gurov YB, Aleshkin DV, Berh MN, Lapushkin SV, Morokhov PV, Pechkurov VA, Poroshin NO, Sandukovsky VG, Tel'kushev MV, Chernyshev BA, Tschurenkova TD. (2004). Spectroscopy of superheavy hydrogen isotopes in stopped-pion absorption by nuclei. ''Physics of Atomic Nuclei'' 68(3):491–497.</ref><ref name="Korsheninnikov">Korsheninnikov AA. et al. (2003). Experimental Evidence for the Existence of 7H and for a Specific Structure of 8He. ''Phys Rev Lett'' 90, 082501.</ref>
], who discovered the reaction between ] and dilute acids]]
* '''<sup>1</sup>H''' is the most common hydrogen isotope with an abundance of more than 99.98%. Because the ] of this isotope consists of only a single ], it is given the descriptive but rarely used formal name ''protium''.
In 1671, Irish scientist ] discovered and described the reaction between ] filings and dilute ]s, which results in the production of hydrogen gas.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Boyle |first=R. |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo2/A29057.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext |title=Tracts written by the Honourable Robert Boyle containing new experiments, touching the relation betwixt flame and air, and about explosions, an hydrostatical discourse occasion'd by some objections of Dr. Henry More against some explications of new experiments made by the author of these tracts: To which is annex't, an hydrostatical letter, dilucidating an experiment about a way of weighing water in water, new experiments, of the positive or relative levity of bodies under water, of the air's spring on bodies under water, about the differing pressure of heavy solids and fluids |publisher=Printed for Richard Davis |year=1672 |pages=64–65}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
* '''²H''', the other stable hydrogen isotope, is known as '']'' and contains one proton and one ] in its nucleus. Deuterium comprises 0.0026 &ndash; 0.0184% (by mole-fraction or atom-fraction) of hydrogen samples on Earth, with the lower number tending to be found in samples of hydrogen gas and the higher enrichments (0.015% or 150 ppm) typical of ocean water. Deuterium is not radioactive, and does not represent a significant toxicity hazard. Water enriched in molecules that include deuterium instead of normal hydrogen is called ]. Deuterium and its compounds are used as a non-radioactive label in chemical experiments and in solvents for <sup>1</sup>H-]. Heavy water is used as a ] and coolant for nuclear reactors. Deuterium is also a potential fuel for commercial ].
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* '''³H''' is known as '']'' and contains one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus. It is radioactive, decaying into ] through ] with a ] of 12.32 ].<ref name="Miessler" /> Small amounts of tritium occur naturally because of the interaction of cosmic rays with atmospheric gases; tritium has also been released during ]. It is used in nuclear fusion reactions, as a tracer in ], and specialized in ] devices. Tritium was once routinely used in chemical and biological labeling experiments as a ] (this has become less common).
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Boyle did not note that the gas was inflammable, but hydrogen would play a key role in overturning the ] of combustion.<ref name=Ramsay-1896>{{Cite book |last=Ramsay |first=W. |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52778/52778-h/52778-h.htm |title=The gases of the atmosphere: The history of their discovery |publisher=Macmillan |year=1896 |pages=19}}</ref>


In 1766, ] was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a discrete substance, by naming the gas from a ] "inflammable air". He speculated that "inflammable air" was in fact identical to the hypothetical substance "]"<ref>{{cite book |last = Musgrave
Hydrogen is the only element that has different names for its isotopes in common use today. (During the early study of radioactivity, various heavy radioactive isotopes were given names, but such names are no longer used). The symbols D and T (instead of ²H and ³H) are sometimes used for deuterium and tritium, but the corresponding symbol P is already in use for ] and thus is not available for protium. ] states that while this use is common it is not preferred.
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}}</ref><ref name="cav766">{{cite journal|last1=Cavendish|first1=Henry|title=Three Papers, Containing Experiments on Factitious Air, by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.|journal=Philosophical Transactions|date=12 May 1766|volume=56|pages=141–184|jstor=105491|bibcode=1766RSPT...56..141C|doi=10.1098/rstl.1766.0019|doi-access=free}}</ref> and further finding in 1781 that the gas produces water when burned. He is usually given credit for the discovery of hydrogen as an element.<ref name="Nostrand">{{cite encyclopedia| title=Hydrogen| encyclopedia=Van Nostrand's Encyclopedia of Chemistry| pages=797–799| publisher=Wylie-Interscience| year=2005| isbn=978-0-471-61525-5}}</ref><ref name="nbb">{{cite book| last=Emsley| first=John| title=Nature's Building Blocks| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=2001| location=Oxford| pages=183–191| isbn=978-0-19-850341-5}}</ref>


], who identified the element that came to be known as hydrogen]]
In 1783, ] identified the element that came to be known as hydrogen<ref>{{cite book| last=Stwertka| first=Albert| title=A Guide to the Elements| url=https://archive.org/details/guidetoelements00stwe| url-access=registration| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1996| pages=| isbn=978-0-19-508083-4}}</ref> when he and ] reproduced Cavendish's finding that water is produced when hydrogen is burned.<ref name="nbb" /> Lavoisier produced hydrogen for his experiments on mass conservation by treating metallic ] with a steam of H<sub>2</sub> through an incandescent iron tube heated in a fire. Anaerobic oxidation of iron by the protons of water at high temperature can be schematically represented by the set of following reactions:
:1) {{chem2|Fe + H2O -> FeO + H2}}


:2) {{chem2|Fe + 3 H2O -> Fe2O3 + 3 H2}}


:3) {{chem2|Fe + 4 H2O -> Fe3O4 + 4 H2}}
==Natural occurrence==
], a giant ] in the ]]]


Many metals react similarly with water leading to the production of hydrogen.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Northwood |first1=D. O. |last2=Kosasih |first2=U. |date=1983 |title=Hydrides and delayed hydrogen cracking in zirconium and its alloys |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1179/imtr.1983.28.1.92 |journal=International Metals Reviews |language=en |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=92–121 |doi=10.1179/imtr.1983.28.1.92 |issn=0308-4590}}</ref> In some situations, this H<sub>2</sub>-producing process is problematic as is the case of zirconium cladding on nuclear fuel rods.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.02.042 |title=Hydrogen in zirconium alloys: A review |date=2019 |last1=Motta |first1=Arthur T. |last2=Capolungo |first2=Laurent |last3=Chen |first3=Long-Qing |last4=Cinbiz |first4=Mahmut Nedim |last5=Daymond |first5=Mark R. |last6=Koss |first6=Donald A. |last7=Lacroix |first7=Evrard |last8=Pastore |first8=Giovanni |last9=Simon |first9=Pierre-Clément A. |last10=Tonks |first10=Michael R. |last11=Wirth |first11=Brian D. |last12=Zikry |first12=Mohammed A. |journal=Journal of Nuclear Materials |volume=518 |pages=440–460 |bibcode=2019JNuM..518..440M }}</ref>
Hydrogen is the most ] element in the universe, making up 75% of ] by ] and over 90% by number of atoms.<ref>{{cite web | title= Jefferson Lab &ndash; Hydrogen | url=http://education.jlab.org/itselemental/ele001.html | accessmonthday= September 15 | accessyear= 2005 }}</ref> This element is found in great abundance in ]s and ] planets. ]s of H<sub>2</sub> are associated with ]. Hydrogen plays a vital role in powering ] through ] ].


===19th century===
Throughout the universe, hydrogen is mostly found in the ] and ] states whose properties are quite different from molecular hydrogen. As a plasma, hydrogen's electron and proton are not bound together, resulting in very high electrical conductivity and high emissivity (producing the light from the ] and other ]). The charged particles are highly influenced by magnetic and electric fields. For example, in the ] they interact with the Earth's ] giving rise to ]s and the ]. Hydrogen is found in the neutral atomic state in the ]. The large amount of neutral hydrogen found in the damped Lyman-alpha systems is thought to dominate the cosmological baryonic density of the ] up to ] ''z''=4.<ref>{{cite web | title= Surveys for z > 3 Damped Lyα Absorption Systems: The Evolution of Neutral Gas | url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/journal/issues/ApJ/v543n2/51444/51444.html | accessmonthday= October 13 | accessyear= 2006 }}</ref>


By 1806 hydrogen was used to fill balloons.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Szydło |first=Z. A. |date=2020 |title=Hydrogen - Some Historical Highlights |journal=Chemistry-Didactics-Ecology-Metrology |volume=25 |issue=1–2 |pages=5–34|doi=10.2478/cdem-2020-0001 |s2cid=231776282 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
Under ordinary conditions on Earth, elemental hydrogen exists as the diatomic gas, H<sub>2</sub> (for data see table). However, hydrogen gas is very rare in the Earth's atmosphere (1 ] by volume) because of its light weight, which enables it to ] more easily than heavier gases. Although H atoms and H<sub>2</sub> molecules are abundant in interstellar space, they are difficult to generate, concentrate, and purify on Earth. Still, hydrogen is the third most abundant element on the Earth's surface.<ref name="ArgonneBasic">"Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy." Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science Laboratory. 15 May 2003. </ref> Most of the Earth's hydrogen is in the form of ]s such as ]s and ].<ref name="Miessler">Miessler GL, Tarr DA. (2004). ''Inorganic Chemistry'' 3rd ed. Pearson Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA</ref> Hydrogen gas is produced by some ] and ] and is a natural component of ]. ] is a hydrogen source of increasing importance.
] built the first ], an internal combustion engine powered by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen in 1806. ] invented the hydrogen gas blowpipe in 1819. The ] and ] were invented in 1823.Hydrogen was ] for the first time by ] in 1898 by using ] and his invention, the ]. He produced ] the next year.<ref name="nbb" />


One of the first ] effects to be explicitly noticed (but not understood at the time) was ]'s observation that the ] of {{chem2|H2}} unaccountably departs from that of a ] gas below room temperature and begins to increasingly resemble that of a monatomic gas at cryogenic temperatures. According to quantum theory, this behavior arises from the spacing of the (quantized) rotational energy levels, which are particularly wide-spaced in {{chem2|H2}} because of its low mass. These widely spaced levels inhibit equal partition of heat energy into rotational motion in hydrogen at low temperatures. Diatomic gases composed of heavier atoms do not have such widely spaced levels and do not exhibit the same effect.<ref name="Berman">{{cite journal
|last1=Berman|first1=R.|last2=Cooke|first2=A. H.|last3=Hill|first3=R. W.
|title=Cryogenics|journal=Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
|date=1956|volume=7|pages=1–20
|doi=10.1146/annurev.pc.07.100156.000245|bibcode = 1956ARPC....7....1B }}</ref>


==History== ===20th century===
The existence of the ] was suggested by ] in 1916 for group 1 and 2 salt-like compounds. In 1920, Moers electrolyzed molten ] (LiH), producing a ] quantity of hydrogen at the anode.<ref name="Moers">{{cite journal|last=Moers|first=K.|title=Investigations on the Salt Character of Lithium Hydride|journal=Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie|date=1920|volume=113|issue=191|pages=179–228|doi=10.1002/zaac.19201130116|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1428170|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824162148/https://zenodo.org/record/1428170/files/article.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Discovery of H<sub>2</sub>===
Hydrogen gas, H<sub>2</sub>, was first artificially produced and formally described by T. Von Hohenheim (also known as ], ] &ndash; ]) via the mixing of ]s with ]s. He was unaware that the flammable ] produced by this ] was a new ]. In 1671, ] rediscovered and described the reaction between ] filings and dilute ]s, which results in the production of hydrogen gas.<ref>{{cite web | title= Webelements &ndash; Hydrogen historical information | url=http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/H/hist.html | accessmonthday= September 15 | accessyear= 2005 }}</ref> In ], ] was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a discrete substance, by identifying the gas from a ] as "inflammable air" and further finding that the gas produces ] when burned. Cavendish had stumbled on hydrogen when experimenting with acids and ]. Although he wrongly assumed that hydrogen was a liberated component of the mercury rather than the ], he was still able to accurately describe several key properties of hydrogen. He is usually given credit for its discovery as an element. In 1783, ] gave the element the name of hydrogen when he (with ]) reproduced Cavendish's finding that water is produced when hydrogen is burned. Lavoisier's name for the gas won out.


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One of the first uses of H<sub>2</sub> was for ]s, and later ]. The H<sub>2</sub> was obtained by reacting ] and metallic ]. Infamously, H<sub>2</sub> was used in the ] airship that was destroyed in a midair fire. The highly flammable hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) was later replaced for airships and most balloons by the unreactive ] (He).
Because of its simple atomic structure, consisting only of a proton and an electron, the ], together with the spectrum of light produced from it or absorbed by it, has been central to the development of the theory of ]ic structure.<ref>{{cite book |last=Crepeau |first=R.
|title=Niels Bohr: The Atomic Model |series=Great Scientific Minds
|date=1 January 2006 |isbn=978-1-4298-0723-4
}}</ref> Hydrogen's unique position as the only neutral atom for which the ] can be directly solved, has significantly contributed to the understanding of quantum mechanics through the exploration of its energetics.<ref name="Laursen04">{{cite web|last1=Laursen|first1=S.|last2=Chang|first2=J.|last3=Medlin|first3=W.|last4=Gürmen|first4=N.|last5=Fogler|first5=H. S.|title=An extremely brief introduction to computational quantum chemistry|url=http://www.umich.edu/~elements/5e/web_mod/quantum/introduction_3.htm|website=Molecular Modeling in Chemical Engineering|publisher=University of Michigan|access-date=4 May 2015|date=27 July 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520061846/http://www.umich.edu/~elements/5e/web_mod/quantum/introduction_3.htm|archive-date=20 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Furthermore, study of the corresponding simplicity of the hydrogen molecule and the corresponding cation ] brought understanding of the nature of the chemical bond, which followed shortly after the quantum mechanical treatment of the hydrogen atom had been developed in the mid-1920s.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


==== Hydrogen-lifted airship ====
===Role in history of quantum theory===
] over ] in 1937]]
Because of its relatively simple atomic structure, consisting only of a proton and an electron, the hydrogen atom, together with the spectrum of light produced from it or absorbed by it, has been central to the development of the theory of ]ic structure. Furthermore, the corresponding simplicity of the hydrogen molecule and the corresponding cation H<sub>2</sub><sup>+</sup> allowed fuller understanding of the nature of the ], which followed shortly after the quantum mechanical treatment of the hydrogen atom had been developed in the mid-1920s.
The first hydrogen-filled ] was invented by ] in 1783. Hydrogen provided the lift for the first reliable form of air-travel following the 1852 invention of the first hydrogen-lifted ] by ]. German count ] promoted the idea of rigid airships lifted by hydrogen that later were called ]s; the first of which had its maiden flight in 1900.<ref name="nbb" /> Regularly scheduled flights started in 1910 and by the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, they had carried 35,000 passengers without a serious incident. Hydrogen-lifted airships were used as observation platforms and bombers during the war.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


The first non-stop transatlantic crossing was made by the British airship '']'' in 1919. Regular passenger service resumed in the 1920s and the discovery of ] reserves in the United States promised increased safety, but the U.S. government refused to sell the gas for this purpose. Therefore, {{chem2|H2}} was used in the ] airship, which was destroyed in a midair fire over ] on 6 May 1937.<ref name="nbb" /> The incident was broadcast live on radio and filmed. Ignition of leaking hydrogen is widely assumed to be the cause, but later investigations pointed to the ignition of the ] fabric coating by ]. But the damage to hydrogen's reputation as a ] was already done and commercial hydrogen airship travel ]. Hydrogen is still used, in preference to non-flammable but more expensive helium, as a lifting gas for ].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
One of the first quantum effects to be explicitly noticed (but not understood at the time) was a Maxwell observation involving hydrogen, half a century before full ] arrived. Maxwell observed that the ] of H<sub>2</sub> unaccountably departs from that of a diatomic gas below room temperature and begins to increasingly resemble that of a monatomic gas at cryogenic temperatures. According to quantum theory, this behavior arises from the spacing of the (quantized) rotational energy levels, which are particularly wide-spaced in H<sub>2</sub> because of its low mass. These widely spaced levels inhibit equal partition of heat energy into rotational motion in hydrogen at low temperatures. Diatomic gases composed of heavier atoms do not have such widely spaced levels and do not exhibit the same effect.<ref name="Berman">Berman R, Cooke AH, Hill RW. ''Cryogenics'', Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem. 7 (1956). 1–20.</ref>


==== Deuterium and tritium ====
==Applications==
] was discovered in December 1931 by ], and ] was prepared in 1934 by ], ], and ].<ref name="Nostrand" /> ], which consists of deuterium in the place of regular hydrogen, was discovered by Urey's group in 1932.<ref name="nbb" />
Large quantities of H<sub>2</sub> are needed in the petroleum and chemical industries. The largest application of H<sub>2</sub> is for the processing ("upgrading") of fossil fuels, and in the production of ]. The key consumers of H<sub>2</sub> in the petrochemical plant include ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web | title= Los Alamos National Laboratory &ndash; Hydrogen | url=http://periodic.lanl.gov/elements/1.html | accessmonthday= September 15 | accessyear= 2005 }}</ref> H<sub>2</sub> has several other important uses. H<sub>2</sub> is used as a hydrogenating agent, particularly in increasing the level of saturation of unsaturated ]s and ]s (found in items such as ]), and in the production of ]. It is similarly the source of hydrogen in the manufacture of ]. H<sub>2</sub> is also used as a ] of metallic ]s.


==== Hydrogen-cooled turbogenerator ====
Apart from its use as a reactant, H<sub>2</sub> has wide applications in physics and engineering. It is used as a ] in ] methods such as ]. H<sub>2</sub> is used as the rotor coolant in ]s at ]s, because it has the highest ] of any gas. Liquid H<sub>2</sub> is used in ] research, including ] studies. Since H<sub>2</sub> is ], having a little more than 1/15th of the density of air, it was once widely used as a lifting agent in ]s and ]s. However, this use was curtailed after the ] convinced the public that the gas was too dangerous for this purpose. Hydrogen is still regularly used for the inflation of ]s.
The first ] went into service using gaseous hydrogen as a ] in the rotor and the stator in 1937 at ], Ohio, owned by the Dayton Power & Light Co.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/chronologicalhis00natirich/chronologicalhis00natirich_djvu.txt|title=A chronological history of electrical development from 600 B.C|author=National Electrical Manufacturers Association|year=1946|page=102|publisher=New York, N.Y., National Electrical Manufacturers Association|access-date=9 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141424/http://www.archive.org/stream/chronologicalhis00natirich/chronologicalhis00natirich_djvu.txt|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> This was justified by the high thermal conductivity and very low viscosity of hydrogen gas, thus lower drag than air. This is the most common coolant used for generators 60 MW and larger; smaller generators are usually ].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


==== Nickel–hydrogen battery ====
In more recent application Hydrogen is used pure or mixed with Nitrogen (sometime called Forming Gas) as a tracer gas for minute leak detection. Applications can be found in automotive, aircraft, consumer goods, medical device and chemical industry. Hydrogen is a food autorized additive ] that allows food package leak testing among other anti-oxyding properties.
The ] was used for the first time in 1977 aboard the U.S. Navy's Navigation technology satellite-2 (NTS-2).<ref>{{Cite journal|title=NTS-2 Nickel-Hydrogen Battery Performance 31|journal=Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets|volume=17|pages=31–34|doi=10.2514/3.57704|year=1980|last1=Stockel|first1=J.F|last2=j.d. Dunlop|last3=Betz|first3=F|bibcode=1980JSpRo..17...31S}}</ref> The ],<ref>{{cite conference|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20020070612_2002115777.pdf|work=IECEC '02. 2002 37th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 2002|pages=45–50|date=July 2002|access-date=11 November 2011|doi=10.1109/IECEC.2002.1391972|title=Validation of international space station electrical performance model via on-orbit telemetry|last1=Jannette|first1=A. G.|last2=Hojnicki|first2=J. S.|last3=McKissock|first3=D. B.|last4=Fincannon|first4=J.|last5=Kerslake|first5=T. W.|last6=Rodriguez|first6=C. D.|isbn=0-7803-7296-4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514100504/http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20020070612_2002115777.pdf|archive-date=14 May 2010|url-status=live|hdl=2060/20020070612|hdl-access=free}}</ref> ]<ref>{{cite book|doi=10.1109/AERO.2002.1035418 |date=2002|last1=Anderson|first1=P. M.|last2=Coyne|first2=J. W.|title=Proceedings, IEEE Aerospace Conference |chapter=A lightweight, high reliability, single battery power system for interplanetary spacecraft |isbn=978-0-7803-7231-3|volume=5|pages=5–2433|s2cid=108678345}}</ref> and the ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/marveyor.htm|title=Mars Global Surveyor|publisher=Astronautix.com|access-date=6 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810180658/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/marveyor.htm|archive-date=10 August 2009}}</ref> are equipped with nickel-hydrogen batteries. In the dark part of its orbit, the ] is also powered by nickel-hydrogen batteries, which were finally replaced in May 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html|title=Hubble servicing mission 4 essentials|date=7 May 2009|editor=Lori Tyahla|access-date=19 May 2015|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313073737/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/SM4/main/SM4_Essentials.html|archive-date=13 March 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> more than 19 years after launch and 13 years beyond their design life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/series/battery_story.html|title=Extending Hubble's mission life with new batteries|date=25 November 2008|first1=Susan|last1=Hendrix|editor=Lori Tyahla|access-date=19 May 2015|publisher=NASA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002850/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/servicing/series/battery_story.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Chemistry==
Hydrogen's rarer isotopes also each have specific applications. ] (hydrogen-2) is used in ] as a ] to slow ]s, and in ] reactions. Deuterium compounds have applications in ] and ] in studies of reaction ]s. ] (hydrogen-3), produced in ]s, is used in the production of ]s, as an isotopic label in the biosciences, and as a ] source in luminous paints.
===Laboratory syntheses===
{{chem2|H2}} is produced in labs, often as a by-product of other reactions. Many metals react with water to produce {{chem2|H2}}, but the rate of hydrogen evolution depends on the metal, the pH, and the presence of alloying agents. Most often, hydrogen evolution is induced by acids. The alkali and alkaline earth metals, aluminium, zinc, manganese, and iron react readily with aqueous acids. This reaction is the basis of the ], which once was used as a laboratory gas source:
:{{chem2|Zn + 2 H+ → Zn(2+) + H2}}


In the absence of acid, the evolution of {{chem2|H2}} is slower. Because iron is widely used structural material, its ] is of technological significance:
The ] temperature of equilibrium hydrogen is a defining fixed point on the ] temperature scale.


:{{chem2|Fe + 2 H2O → Fe(OH)2 + H2}}
===Energy carrier===
:{{main|Hydrogen economy}}
Hydrogen is not an energy source, except in the hypothetical context of commercial ] power plants using ] or ], a technology presently far from development. The sun's energy comes from nuclear fusion of hydrogen but this process is difficult to achieve on earth. Elemental hydrogen from solar, biological, or electrical sources costs more in energy to make than is obtained by burning it. Hydrogen may be obtained from fossil sources (such as methane) for less energy than required to make it, but these sources are unsustainable, and are also themselves direct energy sources (and are rightly regarded as the basic source of the energy in the hydrogen obtained from them).


Many metals, such as ], are slow to react with water because they form passivated oxide coatings of oxides. An alloy of aluminium and ], however, does react with water.<ref>{{cite journal|doi= 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.02.025|title= Activation of aluminium metal to evolve hydrogen from water|year= 2008|last1= Parmuzina|first1= A.V.|last2= Kravchenko|first2= O.V.|journal= International Journal of Hydrogen Energy|volume= 33|issue= 12|pages= 3073–3076|bibcode= 2008IJHE...33.3073P}}</ref> At high pH, aluminium can produce {{chem2|H2}}:
Molecular hydrogen has been widely discussed in the context of energy, as a possible carrier of energy on an economy-wide scale. A theoretical advantage of using H<sub>2</sub> as an energy carrier is the localization and concentration of environmentally unwelcome aspects of hydrogen manufacture from fossil fuel energy sources. For example, CO<sub>2</sub> ] followed by ] could be conducted at the point of H<sub>2</sub> production from ]. Hydrogen used in transportation would burn cleanly, without carbon emissions. However, the infrastructure costs associated with full conversion to a hydrogen economy would be substantial.<ref>See {{cite book|last=Romm|first=Joseph|year=2004|title=The Hype about Hydrogen, Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate|location=New York|publisher=Island Press}} (ISBN 1-55963-704-8)</ref> In addition, the ] of both liquid hydrogen and hydrogen gas at any practicable pressure is significantly less than that of traditional fuel sources.


:{{chem2|2 Al + 6 H2O + 2 OH- → 2 - + 3 H2}}
==Production==
H<sub>2</sub> is produced in chemistry and biology laboratories, often as a by-product of other reactions; in industry for the ] of ] substrates; and in nature as a means of expelling ] equivalents in biochemical reactions.


===Laboratory syntheses=== ===Reactions of H<sub>2</sub>===
] of iron, <sup>+</sup>.]]
In the ], H<sub>2</sub> is usually prepared by the reaction of acids on metals such as ].
:] + 2 H<sup>+</sup> → Zn<sup>2+</sup> + H<sub>2</sub>


{{chem2|H2}} is relatively unreactive. The thermodynamic basis of this low reactivity is the very strong H–H bond, with a ] of 435.7 kJ/mol.<ref>{{RubberBible87th}}</ref> It does form coordination complexes called ]es. These species provide insights into the early steps in the interactions of hydrogen with metal catalysts. According to ], the metal and two H atoms form a triangle in these complexes. The H-H bond remains intact but is elongated. They are acidic.<ref>{{Cite book
] produces H<sub>2</sub> upon treatment with acids but also with base:
| edition = 1
:2 Al + 6 H<sub>2</sub>O → 2 Al(OH)<sub>3</sub> + 3 H<sub>2</sub>
| publisher = Springer
| isbn = 0-306-46465-9
| last = Kubas
| first = Gregory J.
| title = Metal Dihydrogen and σ-Bond Complexes: Structure, Theory, and Reactivity
| date = 2001-08-31
}}</ref>


Although exotic on Earth, the {{chem2|H3+}} ion is common in the universe. It is a triangular species, like the aforementioned dihydrogen complexes. It is known as ] or the trihydrogen cation.<ref name="Carrington">{{cite journal
The ] of water is a simple method of producing hydrogen, although the resulting hydrogen necessarily has less energy content than was required to produce it. A low voltage current is run through the water, and gaseous oxygen forms at the ] while gaseous hydrogen forms at the ]. Typically the cathode is made from platinum or another inert metal when producing hydrogen for storage. If, however, the gas is to be burnt on site, oxygen is desirable to assist the combustion, and so both electrodes would be made from inert metals. (Iron, for instance, would oxidize, and thus decrease the amount of oxygen given off.) The theoretical maximum efficiency (electricity used vs. energetic value of hydrogen produced) is between 80 – 94%.
|last1=Carrington|first1=A.|last2=McNab|first2=I. R.
:2H<sub>2</sub>O(aq) → 2H<sub>2</sub>(g) + O<sub>2</sub>(g)
|title=The infrared predissociation spectrum of triatomic hydrogen cation (H<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup>)
|journal=Accounts of Chemical Research
|date=1989|volume=22|issue=6|pages=218–222
|doi=10.1021/ar00162a004}}</ref>


Hydrogen directly reacts with chlorine, fluorine and bromine to give ], ], and ], respectively. The conversion involves a ]. With heating, H<sub>2</sub> reacts efficiently with the alkali and alkaline earth metals to give the ]s of the formula MH and MH<sub>2</sub>, respectively.<ref name=UllmannH2/> One of the striking properties of H<sub>2</sub> is its inertness toward unsaturated organic compounds, such as ]s and ]s. These species only react with H<sub>2</sub> in the presence of catalysts. Especially active catalysts are the ]s (], ], ], etc.). A major driver for the mining of these rare and expensive elements is their use as catalysts.<ref name=UllmannH2/>
In 2007, it was discovered that an alloy of ] and ] in pellet form added to water could be used to generate hydrogen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.physorg.com/news98556080.html | title=New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells}}</ref> The process creates also creates ], but the expensive gallium, which prevents to formation of an oxide skin on the pellets, can be re-used. This potentially has important implications for a hydrogen economy, since hydrogen can be produced on-site and does not need to be transported.


===Hydrogen-containing compounds===
===Industrial syntheses===
{{Main|Hydrogen compounds}}
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Most known compounds contain hydrogen, not as H<sub>2</sub>, but as covalently bonded H atoms. This interaction is the basis of ] and ].Hydrogen forms many compounds with ], called the ]s. Hydrocarbons are called ]s. In nature, they almost always contain "]s" such as nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur.<ref name="hydrocarbon">{{cite web| title=Structure and Nomenclature of Hydrocarbons| publisher=Purdue University| url=http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/1organic/organic.html| access-date=23 March 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611084045/http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/1organic/organic.html| archive-date=11 June 2012}}</ref> The study of their properties is known as ]<ref>{{March6th}}</ref> and their study in the context of living ]s is called ].<ref>{{Lehninger4th}}</ref> By some definitions, "organic" compounds are only required to contain carbon. However, most of them also contain hydrogen, and because it is the carbon-hydrogen bond that gives this class of compounds most of its particular chemical characteristics, carbon-hydrogen bonds are required in some definitions of the word "organic" in chemistry.<ref name="hydrocarbon" /> Millions of ]s are known, and they are usually formed by complicated pathways that seldom involve elemental hydrogen.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Hydrogen can be prepared in several different ways but the economically most important processes involve removal of hydrogen from hydrocarbons. Commercial bulk hydrogen is usually produced by the ] of ].<ref name="Oxtoby">Oxtoby DW, Gillis HP, Nachtrieb NH. (2002). ''Principles of Modern Chemistry'' 5th ed. Thomson Brooks/Cole</ref> At high temperatures (700 &ndash; 1100&nbsp;°C; 1,300 &ndash; 2,000&nbsp;°F), steam (water vapor) reacts with methane to yield ] and H<sub>2</sub>.
:] + ] → ] + 3 H<sub>2</sub>


=== Hydrides ===
This reaction is favored at low pressures but is nonetheless conducted at high pressures (20&nbsp;atm; 600&nbsp;]) since high pressure H<sub>2</sub> is the most marketable product. The product mixture is known as "]" because it is often used directly for the production of ] and related compounds. ]s other than methane can be used to produce synthesis gas with varying product ratios. One of the many complications to this highly optimized technology is the formation of coke or carbon:
{{Main|Hydride}}
:] → C + 2 H<sub>2</sub>
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Consequently, steam reforming typically employs an excess of H<sub>2</sub>O.
Hydrogen forms compounds with less electronegative elements, such as ]s and ] elements. In these compounds, hydrogen takes on a partial negative charge. The term "hydride" suggests that the H atom has acquired a negative or anionic character, denoted {{chem2|H−}}. Usually hydride refers to hydrogen in a compound with a more ] element. For hydrides other than group 1 and 2 metals, the term can be misleading, considering the low electronegativity of hydrogen. A well known hydride is ], the {{chem2|-}} anion carries hydridic centers firmly attached to the Al(III).<ref>{{{Greenwood&Earnshaw2nd|page=228}}</ref> Perhaps the most extensive series of hydrides are the ], compounds consisting only of boron and hydrogen.<ref name="Downs">{{cite journal
|last1=Downs|first1=A. J.
|last2=Pulham|first2=C. R.
|title=The hydrides of aluminium, gallium, indium, and thallium: a re-evaluation
|journal=Chemical Society Reviews
|date=1994|volume=23|pages=175–184
|doi=10.1039/CS9942300175
|issue=3
}}</ref>


Hydrides can bond to these electropositive elements not only as a terminal ] but also as ]s. In diborane ({{chem2|B2H6}}), four H's are terminal and two bridge between the two B atoms.<ref name="Miessler" />
Additional hydrogen from steam reforming can be recovered from the carbon monoxide through the ], especially with an ] catalyst. This reaction is also a common industrial source of ]:<ref name="Oxtoby" /> :] + ] → ] + H<sub>2</sub>


===Protons and acids ===
Other important methods for H<sub>2</sub> production include partial oxidation of hydrocarbons:
{{Further|Acid–base reaction}}
:] + 0.5 ] → ] + 2 H<sub>2</sub>
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When bonded to a more electronegative element, particularly ], ], or ], hydrogen can participate in a form of medium-strength noncovalent bonding with another electronegative element with a lone pair, a phenomenon called ]ing that is critical to the stability of many biological molecules.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kimball|first=J. W.|title=Hydrogen|work=Kimball's Biology Pages|date=7 August 2003|url=http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/H/HydrogenBonds.html|access-date=4 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304040611/http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/H/HydrogenBonds.html|archive-date=4 March 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319045705/http://goldbook.iupac.org/H02899.html |date=19 March 2008 }}</ref>
and the coal reaction, which can serve as a prelude to the shift reaction above:<ref name="Oxtoby" /> :] + ] → ] + H<sub>2</sub>
{{chem2|H+}} can also be obtained by oxidation of H<sub>2</sub>. Under the ], acids are proton donors, while bases are proton acceptors.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


A bare proton, {{chem2|H+}} essentially cannot exist in anything other than a vacuum. Otherwise it attaches to other atoms, ions, or molecules. Even species as inert as methane can be protonated. The term 'proton' is used loosely and metaphorically to refer to refer to solvated {{chem2|H+}}" without any implication that any single protons exist freely as a species. To avoid the implication of the naked proton in solution, acidic aqueous solutions are sometimes considered to contain the "] ion" ({{chem2|+}}) or still more accurately, {{chem2|+}}.<ref name="Okumura">{{cite journal
Hydrogen is sometimes produced and consumed in the same industrial process, without being separated. In the ] for the production of ] (the world's fifth most produced industrial compound), hydrogen is generated from natural gas.
|last1=Okumura|first1=A. M.
|last2=Yeh|first2=L. I.|last3=Myers|first3=J. D.|last4=Lee|first4=Y. T.
|title=Infrared spectra of the solvated hydronium ion: vibrational predissociation spectroscopy of mass-selected H<sub>3</sub>O+•(H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>)n</sub>•(H<sub>2</sub>)<sub>m</sub>
|journal=Journal of Physical Chemistry
|date=1990|volume=94|issue=9|pages=3416–3427|doi=10.1021/j100372a014
}}</ref> Other ]s are found when water is in acidic solution with other solvents.<ref name="Perdoncin">{{cite journal
|last1=Perdoncin|first1=G.|last2=Scorrano|first2=G.
|title=Protonation Equilibria in Water at Several Temperatures of Alcohols, Ethers, Acetone, Dimethyl Sulfide, and Dimethyl Sulfoxide
|journal=Journal of the American Chemical Society
|date=1977|volume=99|issue=21|pages=6983–6986
|doi=10.1021/ja00463a035
|bibcode=1977JAChS..99.6983P }}</ref>


==Occurrence==
Hydrogen is also produced in usable quantities as a co-product of the major petrochemical processes of ] and ]. ] of ] to yield ] also produces hydrogen as a co-product.
===Cosmic===
], a giant ] in the ]|alt=A white-green cotton-like clog on black background.]]
Hydrogen, as atomic H, is the most ] ] in the universe, making up 75% of ] by ] and >90% by number of atoms.<ref>{{cite book
|last=Clayton|first=D. D.
|title=Handbook of Isotopes in the Cosmos: Hydrogen to Gallium
|date=2003
|publisher=]
|isbn=978-0-521-82381-4
}}</ref> In astrophysics, neutral hydrogen in the ] is called ''H I'' and ionized hydrogen is called ''H II''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kaplan |first1=S. A. |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.4159/harvard.9780674493988/html |title=The Interstellar Medium |last2=Pikelner |first2=S. B. |date=1970-12-31 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-49397-1 |pages=1–77 |chapter=1. Interstellar Hydrogen |doi=10.4159/harvard.9780674493988}}</ref> Radiation from stars ionizes H I to H II, creating ] of ionized H II around stars. In the ] neutral hydrogen dominated until the birth of stars during the era of ] led to bubbles of ionized hydrogen that grew and merged over 500 million of years.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dijkstra |first=Mark |date=January 2014 |title=Lyα Emitting Galaxies as a Probe of Reionisation |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/publications-of-the-astronomical-society-of-australia/article/ly-emitting-galaxies-as-a-probe-of-reionisation/51F95FB047C1F0418D1DA56D39470C22 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia |language=en |volume=31 |pages=e040 |doi=10.1017/pasa.2014.33 |arxiv=1406.7292 |bibcode=2014PASA...31...40D |issn=1323-3580}}</ref>
They are the source of the 21-cm ] at 1420&nbsp;MHz that is detected in order to probe primordial hydrogen. The large amount of neutral hydrogen found in the ]s is thought to dominate the ] ]ic density of the universe up to a ] of ''z''&nbsp;=&nbsp;4.<ref>{{cite journal
|last1=Storrie-Lombardi|first1=L. J.
|last2=Wolfe|first2=A. M.
|title=Surveys for z > 3 Damped Lyman-alpha Absorption Systems: the Evolution of Neutral Gas
|journal=Astrophysical Journal
|date=2000|volume=543|pages=552–576
|arxiv=astro-ph/0006044
|doi=10.1086/317138
|bibcode=2000ApJ...543..552S
|issue=2|s2cid=120150880
}}</ref>


Hydrogen is found in great abundance in stars and ] planets. ]s of {{chem2|H2}} are associated with ]. Hydrogen plays a vital role in powering ]s through the ] in lower-mass stars, and through the ] of ] in case of stars more massive than the ].<ref>{{cite web
===Biological syntheses===
|last1=Haubold|first1=H.|last2=Mathai|first2=A. M.
H<sub>2</sub> is a product of some types of ] and is produced by several ]s, usually via reactions ] by ]- or ]-containing ]s called ]s. These enzymes catalyze the reversible ] reaction between H<sub>2</sub> and its component two protons and two electrons. Creation of hydrogen gas occurs in the transfer of reducing equivalents produced during ] ] to water.<ref>Cammack, R.; Frey, M.; Robson, R. Hydrogen as a Fuel: Learning from Nature; Taylor & Francis: London, 2001</ref>
|date=15 November 2007|url=http://neutrino.aquaphoenix.com/un-esa/sun/sun-chapter4.html |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20111211073137/http://neutrino.aquaphoenix.com/un-esa/sun/sun-chapter4.html
|archive-date=11 December 2011 |title=Solar Thermonuclear Energy Generation
|publisher=]|access-date=12 February 2008
}}</ref>


Hydrogen ] states have properties quite distinct from those of molecular or atomic hydrogen. As a plasma, hydrogen's electron and proton are not bound together, resulting in very high electrical conductivity and high emissivity (producing the light from the Sun and other stars). The charged particles are highly influenced by magnetic and electric fields. For example, in the ] they interact with the Earth's ] giving rise to ]s and the ].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
], in which water is decomposed into its component protons, electrons, and oxygen, occurs in the ]s in all ] organisms. Some such organisms — including the ] '']'' and ] — have evolved a second step in the ]s in which protons and electrons are reduced to form H<sub>2</sub> gas by specialized hydrogenases in the ].<ref>Kruse O, Rupprecht J, Bader KP, Thomas-Hall S, Schenk PM, Finazzi G, Hankamer B. (2005). Improved photobiological H2 production in engineered green algal cells. ''J Biol Chem'' 280(40):34170–7.</ref> Efforts have been undertaken to genetically modify cyanobacterial hydrogenases to efficiently synthesize H<sub>2</sub> gas even in the presence of oxygen.<ref>United States Department of Energy FY2005 Progress Report. IV.E.6 Hydrogen from Water in a Novel Recombinant Oxygen-Tolerant Cyanobacteria System. HO Smith, Xu Q. http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/progress05/iv_e_6_smith.pdf Accessed 16 August 2006.</ref>


A molecular form called ] ({{chem2|H3+}}) is found in the interstellar medium, where it is generated by ionization of molecular hydrogen from ]s. This ion has also been observed in the upper atmosphere of ]. The ion is long-lived in outer space due to the low temperature and density. {{chem2|H3+}} is one of the most abundant ions in the universe, and it plays a notable role in the chemistry of the interstellar medium.<ref>{{cite web|author=McCall Group|author2=Oka Group|date=22 April 2005|url=http://h3plus.uiuc.edu/|title=H3+ Resource Center|publisher=Universities of Illinois and Chicago|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011211244/http://h3plus.uiuc.edu/|archive-date=11 October 2007}}</ref> Neutral ] {{chem2|H3}} can exist only in an excited form and is unstable.<ref name="couple">{{citation|year=2003|publisher=Department of Molecular and Optical Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany|author=Helm, H.|display-authors=etal|title=Dissociative Recombination of Molecular Ions with Electrons|pages=275–288|doi=10.1007/978-1-4615-0083-4_27|chapter=Coupling of Bound States to Continuum States in Neutral Triatomic Hydrogen|isbn=978-1-4613-4915-0}}</ref> By contrast, the positive ] ({{chem2|H2+}}) is a rare in the universe.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}
Other rarer but mechanistically interesting routes to H<sub>2</sub> production also exist in nature. ] produces approximately one equivalent of H<sub>2</sub> for each equivalent of N<sub>2</sub> reduced to ammonia. Some phosphatases reduce ] to H<sub>2</sub>.


===Terrestrial===
Under ordinary conditions on Earth, elemental hydrogen exists as the diatomic gas, {{chem2|H2}}. Hydrogen gas is very rare in Earth's atmosphere (around 0.53 ] on a molar basis<ref name=Grinter>{{cite journal | last1 =Rhys Grinter |last2 = Kropp | first2 = A. | last3 = Venugopal | display-authors=etal | title = Structural basis for bacterial energy extraction from atmospheric hydrogen | journal = Nature | date = 2023 |volume = 615 |issue = 7952 |pages = 541–547 | doi = 10.1038/s41586-023-05781-7|pmid = 36890228 |pmc = 10017518 |bibcode = 2023Natur.615..541G }}</ref>) because of its light weight, which enables it to ] more rapidly than heavier gases. However, hydrogen, usually in the form of water, is the third most abundant element on the Earth's surface,<ref name="ArgonneBasic">{{cite journal
|author=Dresselhaus, M.
|author-link=Mildred Dresselhaus
|display-authors=etal
|date=15 May 2003
|url=http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/hydrogen.pdf
|title=Basic Research Needs for the Hydrogen Economy
|journal=APS March Meeting Abstracts
|volume=2004
|pages=m1.001
|publisher=Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science Laboratory
|access-date=5 February 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213144956/http://www.sc.doe.gov/bes/hydrogen.pdf
|archive-date=13 February 2008
|bibcode=2004APS..MAR.m1001D
}}</ref> mostly in the form of ]s such as ]s and water.<ref name="Miessler">{{cite book|first1=G. L.|last1=Miessler|last2=Tarr|first2=D. A.|date=2003|title=Inorganic Chemistry|edition=3rd|publisher=Prentice Hall|isbn=978-0-13-035471-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/inorganicchemist03edmies}}</ref> Despite its low concentration in our atmosphere, terrestrial hydrogen is sufficiently abundant to support the metabolism of several bacteria.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1042/BST20230120 |title=Developing high-affinity, oxygen-insensitive &#91;NiFe&#93;-hydrogenases as biocatalysts for energy conversion |date=2023 |last1=Greening |first1=Chris |last2=Kropp |first2=Ashleigh |last3=Vincent |first3=Kylie |last4=Grinter |first4=Rhys |journal=Biochemical Society Transactions |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=1921–1933 |pmid=37743798 |pmc=10657181 }}</ref>


Deposits of hydrogen gas have been discovered in several countries including ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Natural Hydrogen: A Potential Clean Energy Source Beneath Our Feet |url=https://e360.yale.edu/features/natural-geologic-hydrogen-climate-change |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Production and storage==
==Precautions==
{{Main|Hydrogen production}}
Hydrogen can act as an ].


===Industrial routes===
==Etymology==
Many methods exist for producing H<sub>2</sub>, but three dominate commercially: steam reforming often coupled to water-gas shift, partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, and water electrolysis.<ref name=KO/>
'''Hydrogen''', {{lang-la|''hydrogenium''}}, is from ] ] (''hydor''): "water" and (''genes''): "forming". ] ] (''geinomai''): "to beget or sire")<ref>], "of the father ''to beget'', rarely of the mother ''to give birth''.</ref>


====Steam reforming====
The word "hydrogen" has several different meanings;
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# the ''name of an element''.
Hydrogen is mainly produced by ] (SMR), the reaction of water and methane.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freyermuth |first1=George H |title=1934 Patent: "The manufacture of hydrogen from methane hydrocarbons by the action of steam at elevated temperature" |url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=1970695.PN. |website=Patent Full-Text Databases |publisher=United States Patent and Trademark Office |access-date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001062417/https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=1970695.PN. |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rotech">{{cite book |last1=Press |first1=Roman J. |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontohy0000unse/page/249/mode/2up |title=Introduction to Hydrogen Technology |last2=Santhanam |first2=K. S. V. |last3=Miri |first3=Massoud J. |last4=Bailey |first4=Alla V. |last5=Takacs |first5=Gerald A. |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |year=2008 |isbn=978-0-471-77985-8 |pages=249 |url-access=registration}}</ref><!--update?--> <ref name="Oxtoby">{{cite book
# an ''atom'', sometimes called "H dot", that is abundant in space but essentially absent on Earth, because it ]izes.
| first=D. W.|last=Oxtoby|date=2002
# a '']'' that occurs naturally in trace amounts in the ]; ]s increasingly refer to H<sub>2</sub> as ''dihydrogen'',<ref>Kubas, G. J., Metal Dihydrogen and σ-Bond Complexes, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, 2001</ref> or ''hydrogen molecule'', to distinguish this ] from ] and hydrogen found in other compounds.
| title=Principles of Modern Chemistry
# the atomic ''constituent'' within all organic compounds, water, and many other ]s.
| edition=5th|publisher=Thomson Brooks/Cole
| isbn=978-0-03-035373-4}}</ref> Thus, at high temperature (1000–1400&nbsp;K, 700–1100&nbsp;°C or 1300–2000&nbsp;°F), steam (water vapor) reacts with ] to yield ] and {{chem2|H2}}.


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The ''elemental'' forms of hydrogen should not be confused with hydrogen as it appears in chemical compounds.
Steam reforming is also used for the industrial preparation of ammonia.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}


This reaction is favored at low pressures, Nonetheless, conducted at high pressures (2.0&nbsp;MPa, 20&nbsp;atm or 600&nbsp;]) because high-pressure {{chem2|H2}} is the most marketable product, and ] (PSA) purification systems work better at higher pressures. The product mixture is known as "]" because it is often used directly for the production of ] and many other compounds. ]s other than methane can be used to produce synthesis gas with varying product ratios. One of the many complications to this highly optimized technology is the formation of coke or carbon:
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Therefore, steam reforming typically employs an excess of {{chem2|H2O}}. Additional hydrogen can be recovered from the steam by using carbon monoxide through the ] (WGS). This process requires an ] catalyst:<ref name="Oxtoby" />
==References==
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Hydrogen is sometimes produced and consumed in the same industrial process, without being separated. In the ] for ], hydrogen is generated from natural gas.<ref>{{cite web| last=Funderburg| first=E.| title=Why Are Nitrogen Prices So High?| publisher=The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation| date=2008| url=http://www.noble.org/Ag/Soils/NitrogenPrices/Index.htm| access-date=11 March 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010509065844/http://www.noble.org/ag/Soils/NitrogenPrices/Index.htm| archive-date=9 May 2001| df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Further reading==
* {{cite paper| title = Chart of the Nuclides| version = Fourteenth Edition| publisher = General Electric Company| date = 1989| url = http://chartofthenuclides.com/default.html}}
* {{cite journal| last = Ferreira-Aparicio| first = P| coauthors = M. J. Benito, J. L. Sanz| year = 2005| title = '''New Trends in Reforming Technologies: from Hydrogen Industrial Plants to Multifuel Microreformers'''| journal = Catalysis Reviews| volume = 47| pages = 491–588}}
* {{cite book | last = Krebs | first = Robert E. | year = 1998 | title = The History and Use of Our Earth's Chemical Elements: A Reference Guide | publisher = Greenwood Press | location = Westport, Conn. | id = ISBN 0-313-30123-9 }}
* {{cite book | last = Newton | first = David E. | year = 1994 | title = The Chemical Elements | publisher = Franklin Watts | location = New York, NY | id = ISBN 0-531-12501-7 }}
* {{cite book | last = Rigden | first = John S. | year = 2002 | title = Hydrogen: The Essential Element | publisher = Harvard University Press | location = Cambridge, MA | id = ISBN 0-531-12501-7 }}
* {{cite book | author=Romm, Joseph, J. | title=], Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate | publisher=Island Press | year=2004 | id=ISBN 1-55963-703-X}} at Global Public Media.
* {{cite book | last = Stwertka | first = Albert | year = 2002 | title = A Guide to the Elements | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York, NY | id = ISBN 0-19-515027-9 }}


====Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons====
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Although less important commercially, coal can serve as a prelude to the shift reaction above:<ref name="Oxtoby" />
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:{{chem2|C + H2O → CO + H2}}

Olefin production units may produce substantial quantities of byproduct hydrogen particularly from cracking light feedstocks like ] or ].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hannula |first=Ilkka |date=2015 |title=Co-production of synthetic fuels and district heat from biomass residues, carbon dioxide and electricity: Performance and cost analysis |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.01.006 |journal=Biomass and Bioenergy |volume=74 |pages=26–46 |doi=10.1016/j.biombioe.2015.01.006 |bibcode=2015BmBe...74...26H |issn=0961-9534}}</ref>

====Water electrolysis ====
]
] is a conceptually simple method of producing hydrogen.
:{{chem2|2 H2O(l) → 2 H2(g) + O2(g)}}
Commercial ]s use ]-based catalysts in strongly alkaline solution. Platinum is a better catalyst but is expensive.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/ncomms5695 |title=Nanoscale nickel oxide/Nickel heterostructures for active hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis |date=2014 |last1=Gong |first1=Ming |last2=Zhou |first2=Wu |last3=Tsai |first3=Mon-Che |last4=Zhou |first4=Jigang |last5=Guan |first5=Mingyun |last6=Lin |first6=Meng-Chang |last7=Zhang |first7=Bo |last8=Hu |first8=Yongfeng |last9=Wang |first9=Di-Yan |last10=Yang |first10=Jiang |last11=Pennycook |first11=Stephen J. |last12=Hwang |first12=Bing-Joe |last13=Dai |first13=Hongjie |journal=Nature Communications |volume=5 |page=4695 |pmid=25146255 |bibcode=2014NatCo...5.4695G |s2cid=205329127 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

] of ] to yield ]<ref>{{cite web| last=Lees| first=A.| title=Chemicals from salt| publisher=BBC|date=2007|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry/usefulproductsrocks/chemicals_saltrev3.shtml|access-date=11 March 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026052022/http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry/usefulproductsrocks/chemicals_saltrev3.shtml |archive-date = 26 October 2007}}</ref> also produces high purity hydrogen as a co-product, which is used for a variety of transformations such as ]s.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Schmittinger |first1=Peter |chapter=Chlorine |date=2006-01-15 |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |place=Weinheim, Germany |publisher=Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA |language=en |doi=10.1002/14356007.a06_399.pub2 |isbn=978-3-527-30673-2 |last2=Florkiewicz |first2=Thomas |last3=Curlin |first3=L. Calvert |last4=Lüke |first4=Benno |last5=Scannell |first5=Robert |last6=Navin |first6=Thomas |last7=Zelfel |first7=Erich |last8=Bartsch |first8=Rüdiger}}</ref>

The ] process is more expensive than producing hydrogen from methane without CCS and the efficiency of energy conversion is inherently low.<ref name="Evans-2020">{{Cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Simon |last2=Gabbatiss |first2=Josh |date=30 November 2020 |title=In-depth Q&A: Does the world need hydrogen to solve climate change? |url=https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-does-the-world-need-hydrogen-to-solve-climate-change |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201155033/https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-qa-does-the-world-need-hydrogen-to-solve-climate-change |archive-date=1 December 2020 |access-date=1 December 2020 |website=]}}</ref>

Innovation in ] could make large-scale production of hydrogen from electricity more cost-competitive.<ref>{{Cite book|author1-link=International Energy Agency|last1=IEA|title=Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector|year=2021|url=https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/ad0d4830-bd7e-47b6-838c-40d115733c13/NetZeroby2050-ARoadmapfortheGlobalEnergySector.pdf|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523155010/https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/ad0d4830-bd7e-47b6-838c-40d115733c13/NetZeroby2050-ARoadmapfortheGlobalEnergySector.pdf|url-status=live
|pages=15, 75–76}}</ref> Hydrogen produced in this manner could play a significant role in decarbonizing energy systems where there are challenges and limitations to replacing fossil fuels with direct use of electricity.<ref name="IPCC-2022" />

==== Methane pyrolysis ====

Hydrogen can be produced by ] of natural gas (methane).

This route has a lower carbon footprint than commercial hydrogen production processes.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Von Wald |first1=Gregory A. |title=Optimization-based technoeconomic analysis of molten-media methane pyrolysis for reducing industrial sector CO2 emissions |url=https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/SE/D0SE00427H |journal=Sustainable Energy & Fuels |year=2020 |volume=4 |issue=9 |pages=4598–4613 |publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry |doi=10.1039/D0SE00427H |s2cid=225676190 |access-date=31 October 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108001230/https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/SE/D0SE00427H |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schneider |first1=Stefan |title=State of the Art of Hydrogen Production via Pyrolysis of Natural Gas |journal=ChemBioEng Reviews |year=2020 |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=150–158 |publisher=Wiley Online Library |doi=10.1002/cben.202000014 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cartwright |first1=Jon |title=The reaction that would give us clean fossil fuels forever |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230940-200-crack-methane-for-fossil-fuels-without-tears/ |website=New Scientist |access-date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=26 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026044037/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230940-200-crack-methane-for-fossil-fuels-without-tears/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |title=Hydrogen from methane without CO2 emissions |url=https://phys.org/news/2013-04-hydrogen-methane-co2-emissions.html |website=Phys.Org |access-date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021215453/https://phys.org/news/2013-04-hydrogen-methane-co2-emissions.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Developing a commercial methane pyrolysis process could expedite the expanded use of hydrogen in industrial and transportation applications. Methane pyrolysis is accomplished by passing methane through a molten metal catalyst containing dissolved ]. Methane is converted to hydrogen gas and solid ].<ref>{{cite journal
|last1=Upham
|first1=D. Chester
|title=Catalytic molten metals for the direct conversion of methane to hydrogen and separable carbon
|journal=Science
|year=2017
|volume=358
|issue=6365
|pages=917–921
|publisher=American Association for Advancement of Science
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|pmid=29146810
|bibcode=2017Sci...358..917U
|s2cid=206663568
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:{{chem2|CH4(g) → C(s) + 2 H2(g)}} (ΔH° = 74 kJ/mol)
The carbon may be sold as a manufacturing feedstock or fuel, or landfilled.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

Further research continues in several laboratories, including at Karlsruhe Liquid-metal Laboratory<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gusev |first1=Alexander |title=KITT/IASS – Producing CO2 Free Hydrogen From Natural Gas For Energy Usage |url=http://www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu/Latest-Research/Spring-2019/KITT-IASS-Producing-CO2-free-hydrogen-from-natural-gas-for-energy-usage |website=European Energy Innovation |publisher=Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies |access-date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129015717/http://www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu/Latest-Research/Spring-2019/KITT-IASS-Producing-CO2-free-hydrogen-from-natural-gas-for-energy-usage |url-status=live }}</ref> and at University of California – Santa Barbara.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fernandez |first1=Sonia |title=Researchers develop potentially low-cost, low-emissions technology that can convert methane without forming CO2 |url=https://phys.org/news/2017-11-potentially-low-cost-low-emissions-technology-methane.html |website=Phys-Org |publisher=American Institute of Physics |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019193709/https://phys.org/news/2017-11-potentially-low-cost-low-emissions-technology-methane.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ] built a methane pyrolysis pilot plant.<ref>{{cite web |last1=BASF |title=BASF researchers working on fundamentally new, low-carbon production processes, Methane Pyrolysis |url=https://www.basf.com/us/en/who-we-are/sustainability/we-produce-safely-and-efficiently/energy-and-climate-protection/carbon-management/interview-methane-pyrolysis.html |website=United States Sustainability |publisher=BASF |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=19 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019120013/https://www.basf.com/us/en/who-we-are/sustainability/we-produce-safely-and-efficiently/energy-and-climate-protection/carbon-management/interview-methane-pyrolysis.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Thermochemical ====
] is the process by which water is decomposed into its components. Relevant to the biological scenario is this simple equation:
:{{chem2|2 H2O -> 4 H+ + O2 + 4e-}}
The reaction occurs in the ] in all ] organisms. A few organisms, including the alga '']'' and ], have evolved a second step in the ]s in which protons and electrons are reduced to form {{chem2|H2}} gas by specialized hydrogenases in the ].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kruse|first1=O.|last2=Rupprecht|first2=J.|last3=Bader|first3=K.|last4=Thomas-Hall|first4=S.|last5=Schenk|first5=P. M.|last6=Finazzi|first6=G.|last7=Hankamer|first7=B.|title=Improved photobiological H<sub>2</sub> production in engineered green algal cells|journal=The Journal of Biological Chemistry|date=2005|volume=280|issue=40|pages=34170–7|doi=10.1074/jbc.M503840200|pmid=16100118|s2cid=5373909|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:75490/UQ75490_OA.pdf|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129015735/https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_75490/UQ75490_OA.pdf?Expires=1611885542&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJKNBJ4MJBJNC6NLQ&Signature=Qmpjq4YH0rwOJNqiSZ5M7-E5cYH~Dm2B-4kasb1eH66pVWPlvPNRj7TfcTKR1lDhF0--bkJdtE~yrSWwcZAA8FzxAA3MXY99mHTIOxyD3s73Dai1bwrLNuOkibXTVo6WbY5RKv7JAhXJ2sUV~TDIphC4Qikr0AWk5z-dwdY997n0NzcdTlqr0sn5n9WsOari3pJ0wRuL0w6Ged~HhrQ6ClrheilhtRo43U6HuaATFKEAuUM682rv4gvRCEVR1ljVOW0jwruB0SAJszTOZAbqNtb3V0SJh0x7wI8~ZZrp-XYqqzLDsWOB9w3ttyGSpLjcE2LvI7ty5vUljlfBGbnnLg__|url-status=live|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Efforts have been undertaken to genetically modify cyanobacterial hydrogenases to more efficiently generate {{chem2|H2}} gas even in the presence of oxygen.<ref>{{cite web
|first1= Hamilton O.
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|first2= Qing
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|url-status= live
}}</ref> Efforts have also been undertaken with genetically modified ].<ref>{{cite news| last=Williams| first=C.| title=Pond life: the future of energy| work=Science| publisher=The Register| date=24 February 2006| url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/24/pond_scum_breakthrough/| access-date=24 March 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509143055/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/24/pond_scum_breakthrough/| archive-date=9 May 2011| url-status=live}}</ref>

Relevant to the thermal water-splitting scenario is this simple equation:
:{{chem2|2 H2O -> 2 H2 + O2}}
More than 200 thermochemical cycles can be used for ]. Many of these cycles such as the ], ], ], ], ] and ] have been evaluated for their commercial potential to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water and heat without using electricity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/review05/pd28_weimer.pdf|title=Development of solar-powered thermochemical production of hydrogen from water|first1=Al|last1=Weimer|date=25 May 2005|publisher=Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation Project|access-date=21 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417134156/http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/review05/pd28_weimer.pdf|archive-date=17 April 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> A number of labs (including in ], ], ], ], and the ]) are developing thermochemical methods to produce hydrogen from solar energy and water.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/progress07/ii_f_1_perret.pdf|title=Development of Solar-Powered Thermochemical Production of Hydrogen from Water, DOE Hydrogen Program, 2007|author=Perret, R.|access-date=17 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527212241/http://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/pdfs/progress07/ii_f_1_perret.pdf|archive-date=27 May 2010}}</ref>

===Natural routes===
====Biohydrogen====
{{Further|Biohydrogen|Biological hydrogen production (Algae)}}
{{chem2|H2}} is produced by enzymes called ]s. This process allows the host organism to use ] as a source of energy.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1021/cr050186q |title=&#91;NiFe&#93; and &#91;FeFe&#93; Hydrogenases Studied by Advanced Magnetic Resonance Techniques |date=2007 |last1=Lubitz |first1=Wolfgang |last2=Reijerse |first2=Eduard |last3=Van Gastel |first3=Maurice |journal=Chemical Reviews |volume=107 |issue=10 |pages=4331–4365 |pmid=17845059 }}</ref> These same enzymes also can oxidize H<sub>2</sub>, such that the host organisms can subsist by reducing oxidized substrates using electrons extracted from H<sub>2</sub>.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The hydrogenase enzyme feature ] or ]-iron centers at their ]s.<ref>{{cite book|first1=R.|last1=Cammack|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTzajKoBoNwC&pg=PA202|last2=Robson|first2=R. L.|date=2001|pages=202–203|title=Hydrogen as a Fuel: Learning from Nature|publisher=Taylor & Francis Ltd|isbn=978-0-415-24242-4|access-date=3 September 2020|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129015731/https://books.google.com/books?id=GTzajKoBoNwC&pg=PA202|url-status=live}}</ref> The natural cycle of hydrogen production and consumption by organisms is called the ].<ref name="Rhee6">{{cite journal|last1=Rhee|first1=T. S.|last2=Brenninkmeijer|first2=C. A. M.|last3=Röckmann|first3=T.|title=The overwhelming role of soils in the global atmospheric hydrogen cycle|journal=Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics|date=19 May 2006|volume=6|issue=6|pages=1611–1625|doi=10.5194/acp-6-1611-2006|bibcode=2006ACP.....6.1611R|url=https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00301903/file/acpd-5-11215-2005.pdf|access-date=24 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824162153/https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00301903/file/acpd-5-11215-2005.pdf|archive-date=24 August 2019|url-status=live|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Some bacteria such as '']'' can use the small amount of hydrogen in the atmosphere as a source of energy when other sources are lacking. Their hydrogenase are designed with small channels that exclude oxygen and so permits the reaction to occur even though the hydrogen concentration is very low and the oxygen concentration is as in normal air.<ref name=Grinter/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Alex Wilkins |title=Soil bacteria enzyme generates electricity from hydrogen in the air |journal=New Scientist |date=Mar 8, 2023 |volume=257 |issue=3430 |page=13 |doi=10.1016/S0262-4079(23)00459-1 |bibcode=2023NewSc.257...13W |s2cid=257625443 |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363552-soil-bacteria-enzyme-generates-electricity-from-hydrogen-in-the-air/}}</ref>

Confirming the existence of hydrogenases in the human gut, {{chem2|H2}} occurs in human breath. The concentration in the breath of fasting people at rest is typically less than 5 ] (ppm) but can be 50&nbsp;ppm when people with intestinal disorders consume molecules they cannot absorb during diagnostic ]s.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/1752-7155/2/4/046002|title=Implementation and interpretation of hydrogen breath tests|year=2008|last1=Eisenmann|first1=Alexander|last2=Amann|first2=Anton|last3=Said|first3=Michael|last4=Datta|first4=Bettina|last5=Ledochowski|first5=Maximilian|journal=Journal of Breath Research|volume=2|issue=4|page=046002|pmid=21386189|bibcode=2008JBR.....2d6002E|s2cid=31706721|url=http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2f16/5a981d54c41da92c1ae81af44021a88f1b95.pdf|access-date=26 December 2020|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129015732/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/2f16/5a981d54c41da92c1ae81af44021a88f1b95.pdf}}</ref>

====Serpentinization====
] is a geological mechanism that produce highly ] conditions.<ref name=FrostBeard2007/> Under these conditions, water is capable of oxidizing ferrous ({{chem|Fe|2+}}) ions in fayalite. The process is of interest because it generates hydrogen gas:<ref name="Dincer-2015"/><ref>{{cite web| title = Methane and hydrogen formation from rocks – Energy sources for life| url = http://www.lostcity.washington.edu/science/chemistry/methane.html| access-date = 2011-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal| last = Sleep| first = N.H.| author2 = A. Meibom, Th. Fridriksson, R.G. Coleman, D.K. Bird| year = 2004| title = H<sub>2</sub>-rich fluids from serpentinization: Geochemical and biotic implications| journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America| volume = 101| issue = 35| pages = 12818–12823| doi = 10.1073/pnas.0405289101|bibcode = 2004PNAS..10112818S| pmid=15326313| pmc=516479| doi-access = free}}</ref>
:{{chem2|Fe2SiO4 + H2O → 2 Fe3O4 + SiO2 +H2}}

Closely related to this geological process is the ]:
:{{chem2|3 Fe(OH)2 → Fe3O4 + 2 H2O + H2}}
This process also is relevant to the corrosion of ] and ] in ] ] and in reducing ]s below the ].{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

===Storage===
Hydrogen produced when there is a surplus of ] could in principle be stored and later used to generate heat or to re-generate electricity.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Palys |first1=Matthew J. |last2=Daoutidis |first2=Prodromos |date=2020 |title=Using hydrogen and ammonia for renewable energy storage: A geographically comprehensive techno-economic study |journal=] |volume=136 |pages=106785 |doi=10.1016/j.compchemeng.2020.106785 |issn=0098-1354 |doi-access=free}}</ref> The hydrogen created through electrolysis using renewable energy is commonly referred to as "]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hydrogen industry must clean itself up before expanding into new… |url=https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/hydrogen/hydrogen-industry-must-clean-itself-up-before-expanding-into-new-uses-report-finds |access-date=2023-04-05 |website=Canary Media |date=31 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> It can be further transformed into ]s such as ] and ].<ref>{{cite book|author=]|year=2021|title=World Energy Transitions Outlook: 1.5°C Pathway |url=https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2021/March/IRENA_World_Energy_Transitions_Outlook_2021.pdf |isbn=978-92-9260-334-2|archive-date=11 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611230855/https://www.irena.org/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2021/March/IRENA_World_Energy_Transitions_Outlook_2021.pdf|url-status=live|pages=12, 22}}</ref> Disadvantages of hydrogen as an energy carrier include high costs of storage and distribution due to hydrogen's explosivity, its large volume compared to other fuels, and its tendency to make pipes brittle.<ref name="Griffiths-2021">{{Cite journal |last1=Griffiths |first1=Steve |last2=Sovacool |first2=Benjamin K. |last3=Kim |first3=Jinsoo |last4=Bazilian |first4=Morgan |last5=Uratani |first5=Joao M. |display-authors=4 |date=2021 |title=Industrial decarbonization via hydrogen: A critical and systematic review of developments, socio-technical systems and policy options |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629621003017?dgcid=coauthor |url-status=live |journal=] |volume=80 |page=39 |doi=10.1016/j.erss.2021.102208 |bibcode=2021ERSS...8002208G |issn=2214-6296 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016205152/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2214629621003017?dgcid=coauthor |archive-date=16 October 2021 |access-date=11 September 2021}}</ref>

If H<sub>2</sub> is to used as an energy source, its storage is important. It dissolves only poorly in solvents. For example, at room temperature and 0.1 M], ca. 0.05 moles dissolves in one kilogram of ].<ref name=UllmannH2>{{cite book |doi=10.1002/14356007.a13_297.pub3 |chapter=Hydrogen, 1. Properties and Occurrence |title=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry |date=2013 |last1=Lauermann |first1=Gerhard |last2=Häussinger |first2=Peter |last3=Lohmüller |first3=Reiner |last4=Watson |first4=Allan M. |pages=1–15 |isbn=978-3-527-30673-2 }}</ref> The H<sub>2</sub> can be stored in compressed form, although compressing costs energy. Liquifaction is impractical given its low ]. In contrast, ammonia and many hydrocarbons can be liquified at room temperature under pressure. For these reasons, hydrogen ''carriers'' - materials that reversibly bind H<sub>2</sub> - have attracted much attention. The key question is then the weight percent of H<sub>2</sub>-equivalents within the carrier material. For example, hydrogen can be reversibly absorbed into many ] and ]s<ref name="Takeshita">{{cite journal
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The most problematic aspect of metal hydrides for storage is their modest H<sub>2</sub> content, often on the order of 1%. For this reason, there is interest in storage of H<sub>2</sub> in compounds of low ]. For example, ] ({{chem2|H3N\sBH3}}) contains 19.8 weight percent of H<sub>2</sub>. The problem with this material is that after release of H<sub>2</sub>, the resulting boron nitride does not re-add H<sub>2</sub>, i.e. ammonia borane is an irreversible hydrogen carrier.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.gee.2022.03.011 |title=Ammonia borane-enabled hydrogen transfer processes: Insights into catalytic strategies and mechanisms |date=2023 |last1=Zhao |first1=Wenfeng |last2=Li |first2=Hu |last3=Zhang |first3=Heng |last4=Yang |first4=Song |last5=Riisager |first5=Anders |journal=Green Energy & Environment |volume=8 |issue=4 |pages=948–971 |bibcode=2023GrEE....8..948Z |doi-access=free }}</ref> More attractive, somewhat ironically, are ]s such as ], which reversibly release some H<sub>2</sub> when heated in the presence of a catalyst:<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1021/acscatal.7b03547 |title=NHC-Based Iridium Catalysts for Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation of N-Heteroarenes in Water under Mild Conditions |date=2018 |last1=Vivancos |first1=Ángela |last2=Beller |first2=Matthias |last3=Albrecht |first3=Martin |journal=ACS Catalysis |volume=8 |pages=17–21 }}</ref>
:{{chem2|C9H10NH <-> C9H7N + 2H2}}

== Applications ==

{{See also|Hydrogen economy}}
]

=== Petrochemical industry ===
Large quantities of {{chem2|H2}} are used in the "upgrading" of ]. Key consumers of {{chem2|H2}} include ], and ]. Many of these reactions can be classified as ], i.e., the cleavage of bonds by hydrogen. Illustrative is the separation of sulfur from liquid fossil fuels:<ref name=KO>{{cite book |doi=10.1002/0471238961.0825041803262116.a01.pub2 |chapter=Hydrogen |title=Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology |date=2001 |last1=Baade |first1=William F. |last2=Parekh |first2=Uday N. |last3=Raman |first3=Venkat S. |isbn=9780471484943 }}</ref>
:{{chem2|R2S + 2 H2 → H2S + 2 RH}}

=== Hydrogenation ===
], the addition of {{chem2|H2}} to various substrates, is done on a large scale. Hydrogenation of {{chem2|N2}} to produce ammonia by the ], consumes a few percent of the energy budget in the entire industry. The resulting ammonia is used to supply most of the protein consumed by humans.<ref name="Smil_2004_Enriching">{{cite book |last1=Smil |first1=Vaclav |title=Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production |date=2004 |publisher=MIT |location=Cambridge, MA |isbn=978-0-262-69313-4 |edition=1st}}</ref> Hydrogenation is used to convert ]s and ] to saturated fats and oils. The major application is the production of ]. ] is produced by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide. It is similarly the source of hydrogen in the manufacture of ]. {{chem2|H2}} is also used as a ] for the conversion of some ]s to the metals.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chemistry Operations|date=15 December 2003|url=http://periodic.lanl.gov/1.shtml|title=Hydrogen|publisher=Los Alamos National Laboratory|access-date=5 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304203439/http://periodic.lanl.gov/1.shtml|archive-date=4 March 2011}}</ref>

=== Coolant ===
{{Main|Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator}}
Hydrogen is commonly used in power stations as a coolant in generators due to a number of favorable properties that are a direct result of its light diatomic molecules. These include low ], low ], and the highest ] and ] of all gases.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

=== Fuel ===
Hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) is widely discussed as a carrier of energy with potential to help to decarbonize economies and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.<ref name="IPCC-2022">{{Cite book |author=IPCC |url=https://ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_FullReport.pdf |title=Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change |publisher=Cambridge University Press (In Press) |year=2022 |editor1-last=Shukla |editor1-first=P.R. |series=Contribution of Working Group III to the ] of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |place=Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, US |doi=10.1017/9781009157926 |ref={{harvid|IPCC AR6 WG3|2022}} |author-link=IPCC |editor2-last=Skea |editor2-first=J. |editor3-last=Slade |editor3-first=R. |editor4-last=Al Khourdajie |editor4-first=A. |editor5-last=van Diemen |editor5-first=R. |editor6-last=McCollum |editor6-first=D. |editor7-last=Pathak |editor7-first=M. |editor8-last=Some |editor8-first=S. |editor9-last=Vyas |editor9-first=P. |display-editors=4 |editor10-first=R. |editor10-last=Fradera |editor11-first=M. |editor11-last=Belkacemi |editor12-first=A. |editor12-last=Hasija |editor13-first=G. |editor13-last=Lisboa |editor14-first=S. |editor14-last=Luz |editor15-first=J. |editor15-last=Malley|pages=91–92|isbn=9781009157926 }}</ref><ref name="Evans-2020" /> This scenario requires the efficient production and storage of hydrogen.

Hydrogen fuel can produce the intense heat required for industrial production of steel, cement, glass, and chemicals, thus contributing to the decarbonisation of industry alongside other technologies, such as ]s for steelmaking.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kjellberg-Motton |first=Brendan |date=2022-02-07 |title=Steel decarbonisation gathers speed {{!}} Argus Media |url=https://www.argusmedia.com/en//news/2299399-steel-decarbonisation-gathers-speed |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=www.argusmedia.com |language=en}}</ref> However, it is likely to play a larger role in providing industrial feedstock for cleaner production of ammonia and organic chemicals.<ref name="IPCC-2022" /> For example, in ], hydrogen could function as a clean energy carrier and also as a low-carbon catalyst, replacing coal-derived ] (carbon):<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Blank |first1=Thomas |last2=Molly |first2=Patrick |date=January 2020 |title=Hydrogen's Decarbonization Impact for Industry |url=https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hydrogen_insight_brief.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922115313/https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hydrogen_insight_brief.pdf |archive-date=22 September 2020 |access-date= |publisher=] |pages=2, 7, 8}}</ref>
:{{chem2|2FeO + C -> 2Fe + CO2}}
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:{{chem2|FeO + H2 -> Fe + H2O}}
Hydrogen used to decarbonise transportation is likely to find its largest applications in shipping, aviation and, to a lesser extent, heavy goods vehicles, through the use of hydrogen-derived synthetic fuels such as ] and ] and fuel cell technology.<ref name="IPCC-2022" /> For light-duty vehicles including cars, hydrogen is far behind other ]s, especially compared with the rate of adoption of ], and may not play a significant role in future.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Plötz |first=Patrick |date=2022-01-31 |title=Hydrogen technology is unlikely to play a major role in sustainable road transport |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-021-00706-6 |journal=Nature Electronics |language=en |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=8–10 |doi=10.1038/s41928-021-00706-6 |s2cid=246465284 |issn=2520-1131}}</ref>

] and ] together serve as ]s in ]s, as in the ]. ] has investigated the use of ] made from atomic hydrogen, boron or carbon that is frozen into solid molecular hydrogen particles suspended in liquid helium. Upon warming, the mixture vaporizes to allow the atomic species to recombine, heating the mixture to high temperature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20030005922/downloads/20030005922.pdf |title=NASA/TM—2002-211915: Solid Hydrogen Experiments for Atomic Propellants |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183557/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20030005922/downloads/20030005922.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Semiconductor industry ===
Hydrogen is employed to saturate broken ("dangling") bonds of ] and ] that helps stabilizing material properties.<ref>{{cite journal
|last1=Le Comber| first1=P. G.
|title=Hall effect and impurity conduction in substitutionally doped amorphous silicon
|journal=Philosophical Magazine|doi=10.1080/14786437708232943
|volume=35
|issue=5
|pages=1173–1187
|date=1977
|last2=Jones
|first2=D. I.
|last3=Spear
|first3=W. E.|bibcode = 1977PMag...35.1173C }}</ref> It is also a potential ] in various oxide materials, including ],<ref>{{cite journal|last=Van de Walle|first=C. G.|title=Hydrogen as a cause of doping in zinc oxide|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=85|issue=5|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1012|pages=1012–1015|date=2000|pmid=10991462|bibcode=2000PhRvL..85.1012V|hdl=11858/00-001M-0000-0026-D0E6-E|url=http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/item/escidoc:741885/component/escidoc:932688/PRL-85-1012-2000.pdf|access-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815000602/http://pubman.mpdl.mpg.de/pubman/item/escidoc:741885/component/escidoc:932688/PRL-85-1012-2000.pdf|archive-date=15 August 2017|url-status=live|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
|last1=Janotti|first1= A.
|title=Hydrogen multicentre bonds|doi=10.1038/nmat1795
|journal=Nature Materials
|volume=6|pages=44–47
|date=2007
|pmid=17143265
|last2=Van De Walle
|first2=C. G.
|issue=1|bibcode = 2007NatMa...6...44J }}</ref> ], ], ],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kilic|first1=C.|title=n-type doping of oxides by hydrogen|doi=10.1063/1.1482783|journal=Applied Physics Letters|volume=81|issue=1|pages=73–75|date=2002|last2=Zunger|first2=Alex|bibcode=2002ApPhL..81...73K|s2cid=96415065}}</ref> ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite journal
|last1=Peacock| first1=P. W.|doi=10.1063/1.1609245
|title=Behavior of hydrogen in high dielectric constant oxide gate insulators
|journal=Applied Physics Letters
|volume=83
|issue=10
|pages=2025–2027
|date=2003
|last2=Robertson
|first2=J.
|bibcode = 2003ApPhL..83.2025P }}</ref>

=== Niche and evolving uses ===
*Shielding gas: Hydrogen is used as a ] in ] methods such as ].<ref>{{cite journal
|last=Durgutlu| first=A.
|title=Experimental investigation of the effect of hydrogen in argon as a shielding gas on TIG welding of austenitic stainless steel
|journal=Materials & Design
|volume=25
|issue=1
|pages=19–23
|date=2003
|doi=10.1016/j.matdes.2003.07.004}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|title=Atomic Hydrogen Welding| publisher=Specialty Welds
|date=2007
|url=http://www.specialwelds.com/underwater-welding/atomic-hydrogen-welding.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716115120/http://www.specialwelds.com/underwater-welding/atomic-hydrogen-welding.htm|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref>

*Cryogenic research: Liquid {{chem2|H2}} is used in ] research, including ] studies.<ref>{{cite journal
|last=Hardy
|first=W. N.
|title=From H2 to cryogenic H masers to HiTc superconductors: An unlikely but rewarding path
|journal=Physica C: Superconductivity
|volume=388–389
|pages=1–6
|date=2003
|doi=10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02591-1|bibcode = 2003PhyC..388....1H }}</ref>

*Buoyant lifting: Because {{chem2|H2}} is only 7% the density of air, it was once widely used as a ] in balloons and ]s.<ref name="Almqvist03">{{cite book|last1=Almqvist|first1=Ebbe|title=History of industrial gases|date=2003|publisher=Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers|location=New York, N.Y.|isbn=978-0-306-47277-0|pages=47–56|url={{Google books|OI0fTJhydh4C|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}}|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>
*Leak detection: Pure or mixed with nitrogen (sometimes called ]), hydrogen is a ] for ] of minute leaks. Applications can be found in the automotive, chemical, power generation, aerospace, and telecommunications industries.<ref>{{cite conference
|first=M.
|last=Block
|title=Hydrogen as Tracer Gas for Leak Detection
|work=16th WCNDT 2004
|publisher=Sensistor Technologies
|date=3 September 2004
|location=Montreal, Canada
|url=http://www.ndt.net/abstract/wcndt2004/523.htm
|access-date=25 March 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108102521/http://www.ndt.net/abstract/wcndt2004/523.htm
|archive-date=8 January 2009
}}</ref> Hydrogen is an authorized food additive (E 949) that allows food package leak testing, as well as having anti-oxidizing properties.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sfp/addit_flavor/flav15_en.pdf
|title=Report from the Commission on Dietary Food Additive Intake
|publisher=]
|access-date=5 February 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216050325/http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sfp/addit_flavor/flav15_en.pdf
|archive-date=16 February 2008
|url-status=live
}}</ref>

*Neutron moderation: ] (hydrogen-2) is used in ] as a ] to slow ]s.
*Nuclear fusion fuel: Deuterium is used in ] reactions.<ref name="nbb" />
*Isotopic labeling: Deuterium compounds have applications in chemistry and biology in studies of ] on reaction rates.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Reinsch| first1=J.|first2=A. |last2=Katz|first3=J.|last3=Wean|first4=G.|last4=Aprahamian|first5=J. T.|last5=MacFarland
|title=The deuterium isotope effect upon the reaction of fatty acyl-CoA dehydrogenase and butyryl-CoA| journal=J. Biol. Chem.|volume=255
|issue=19|pages=9093–97|date=1980| doi=10.1016/S0021-9258(19)70531-6|pmid=7410413|doi-access=free}}</ref>

*Tritium uses: ] (hydrogen-3), produced in ]s, is used in the production of ]s,<ref>{{cite journal| last=Bergeron| first=K. D.| title=The Death of no-dual-use| journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists| volume=60| issue=1| pages=15–17| date=2004| url=http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=SPJ.SP06| doi=10.2968/060001004| access-date=13 April 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419051641/http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=SPJ.SP06| archive-date=19 April 2008| url-status=live| bibcode=2004BuAtS..60a..15B}}</ref> as an isotopic label in the biosciences,<ref name="holte" /> and as a source of ] in ] for instrument dials and emergency signage.<ref name="Traub95" />

== Safety and precautions ==
{{Main|Hydrogen safety}}
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Hydrogen poses few hazards to human safety. The chief hazards are for ]s and ], but both are mitigated by its high diffusivity. Because hydrogen has been intensively investigated as a fuel, there is extensive documentation on the risks.<ref name="NASAH2">{{cite web
|author=Brown, W. J.
|display-authors=etal
|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19970033338.pdf
|date=1997
|title=Safety Standard for Hydrogen and Hydrogen Systems |id=NSS 1740.16
|website=]
|access-date=12 July 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501105215/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19970033338.pdf
|archive-date=1 May 2017
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Because H<sub>2</sub> reacts with very few substrates, it is nontoxic as evidenced by the fact that humans exhale small amounts of it.

== See also ==
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* ]
* {{annotated link|Hydrogen economy}}
* {{annotated link|Hydrogen production}}
* {{annotated link|Hydrogen safety}}
* {{annotated link|Hydrogen technologies}}
* {{annotated link|Hydrogen transport}}
* {{annotated link|Methane pyrolysis}} (for hydrogen)
* {{annotated link|Natural hydrogen}}
* {{annotated link|Pyrolysis}}
{{div col end}}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
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* {{cite book| title=Chart of the Nuclides| edition=17th| publisher= Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory|date=2010| url=http://www.nuclidechart.com/|isbn=978-0-9843653-0-2}}
* {{cite book|last=Newton|first=David E.|date=1994|title=The Chemical Elements|publisher=Franklin Watts|location=New York|isbn=978-0-531-12501-4|url=https://archive.org/details/chemicalelements00newt}}
* {{cite book|last=Rigden|first=John S.|date=2002|title=Hydrogen: The Essential Element|publisher=Harvard University Press|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|isbn=978-0-531-12501-4|url=https://archive.org/details/chemicalelements00newt}}
* {{cite book|author=Romm, Joseph J.|title=The Hype about Hydrogen, Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate|publisher=Island Press|date=2004|isbn=978-1-55963-703-9|title-link=The Hype about Hydrogen}}
* {{cite book|last=Scerri|first=Eric|date=2007|title=The Periodic System, Its Story and Its Significance|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-530573-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/periodictableits0000scer}}

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This article is about the chemical element. For other uses, see Hydrogen (disambiguation).

Chemical element with atomic number 1 (H)
Hydrogen, 1H
Purple glow in its plasma state
Hydrogen
AppearanceColorless gas
Standard atomic weight Ar°(H)
Hydrogen in the periodic table
Hydrogen Helium
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury (element) Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
Francium Radium Actinium Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium Rutherfordium Dubnium Seaborgium Bohrium Hassium Meitnerium Darmstadtium Roentgenium Copernicium Nihonium Flerovium Moscovium Livermorium Tennessine Oganesson


H

Li
(none) ← hydrogenhelium
Atomic number (Z)1
Groupgroup 1: hydrogen and alkali metals
Periodperiod 1
Block  s-block
Electron configuration1s
Electrons per shell1
Physical properties
Phase at STPgas
Melting point(H2) 13.99 K ​(−259.16 °C, ​−434.49 °F)
Boiling point(H2) 20.271 K ​(−252.879 °C, ​−423.182 °F)
Density (at STP)0.08988 g/L
when liquid (at m.p.)0.07 g/cm (solid: 0.0763 g/cm)
when liquid (at b.p.)0.07099 g/cm
Triple point13.8033 K, ​7.041 kPa
Critical point32.938 K, 1.2858 MPa
Heat of fusion(H2) 0.117 kJ/mol
Heat of vaporization(H2) 0.904 kJ/mol
Molar heat capacity(H2) 28.836 J/(mol·K)
Vapor pressure
P (Pa) 1 10 100 1 k 10 k 100 k
at T (K) 15 20
Atomic properties
Oxidation statescommon: −1, +1
ElectronegativityPauling scale: 2.20
Ionization energies
  • 1st: 1312.0 kJ/mol
Covalent radius31±5 pm
Van der Waals radius120 pm
Color lines in a spectral range
Spectral lines of hydrogen
Other properties
Natural occurrenceprimordial
Crystal structurehexagonal (hP4)
Lattice constantsHexagonal crystal structure for hydrogena = 378.97 pm
c = 618.31 pm (at triple point)
Thermal conductivity0.1805 W/(m⋅K)
Magnetic orderingdiamagnetic
Molar magnetic susceptibility−3.98×10 cm/mol (298 K)
Speed of sound1310 m/s (gas, 27 °C)
CAS Number12385-13-6
1333-74-0 (H2)
History
Discovery and first isolationRobert Boyle (1671)
Named byAntoine Lavoisier (1783)
Recognized as an element byHenry Cavendish (1766)
Isotopes of hydrogen
Main isotopes Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
H 99.9855% stable
H 0.0145% stable
H trace 12.32 y β He
 Category: Hydrogen
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Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1. It is the lightest element and, at standard conditions, is a gas of diatomic molecules with the formula H2, sometimes called dihydrogen, hydrogen gas, molecular hydrogen, or simply hydrogen. It is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, and highly combustible. Constituting about 75% of all normal matter, hydrogen is the most abundant chemical element in the universe. Stars, including the Sun, mainly consist of hydrogen in a plasma state, while on Earth, hydrogen is found in water, organic compounds, as dihydrogen, and in other molecular forms. The most common isotope of hydrogen (protium, H) consists of one proton, one electron, and no neutrons.

In the early universe, the formation of hydrogen's protons occurred in the first second after the Big Bang; neutral hydrogen atoms only formed about 370,000 years later during the recombination epoch as the universe expanded and plasma had cooled enough for electrons to remain bound to protons. Hydrogen gas was first produced artificially in the early 16th century by the reaction of acids with metals. Henry Cavendish, in 1766–81, identified hydrogen gas as a distinct substance and discovered its property of producing water when burned; hence its name means "water-former" in Greek. Understanding the colors of light absorbed and emitted by hydrogen was a crucial part of developing quantum mechanics.

Hydrogen, typically nonmetallic except under extreme pressure, readily forms covalent bonds with most nonmetals, contributing to the formation of compounds like water and various organic substances. Its role is crucial in acid-base reactions, which mainly involve proton exchange among soluble molecules. In ionic compounds, hydrogen can take the form of either a negatively charged anion, where it is known as hydride, or as a positively charged cation, H, called a proton. Although tightly bonded to water molecules, protons strongly affect the behavior of aqueous solutions, as reflected in the importance of pH. Hydride on the other hand, is rarely observed because it tends to deprotonate solvents, yielding H2.

Industrial hydrogen production occurs through steam reforming of natural gas. The more familiar electrolysis of water is uncommon because it is energy-intensive, i.e. expensive. Its main industrial uses include fossil fuel processing, such as hydrocracking and hydrodesulfurization. Ammonia production also is a major consumer of hydrogen. Fuel cells for electricity generation from hydrogen is rapidly emerging.

Properties

Combustion

Combustion of hydrogen with the oxygen in the air. When the bottom cap is removed, allowing air to enter at the bottom, the hydrogen in the container rises out of top and burns as it mixes with the air.
A black inverted funnel with blue glow emerging from its opening.
Space Shuttle Main Engine burning hydrogen with oxygen, produces a nearly invisible flame at full thrust.

Hydrogen gas is highly flammable:

2 H2(g) + O2(g) → 2 H2O(l) (572 kJ/2 mol = 286 kJ/mol = 141.865 MJ/kg)

Enthalpy of combustion: −286 kJ/mol.

Hydrogen gas forms explosive mixtures with air in concentrations from 4–74% and with chlorine at 5–95%. The hydrogen autoignition temperature, the temperature of spontaneous ignition in air, is 500 °C (932 °F).

Flame

Pure hydrogen-oxygen flames emit ultraviolet light and with high oxygen mix are nearly invisible to the naked eye, as illustrated by the faint plume of the Space Shuttle Main Engine, compared to the highly visible plume of a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster, which uses an ammonium perchlorate composite. The detection of a burning hydrogen leak, may require a flame detector; such leaks can be very dangerous. Hydrogen flames in other conditions are blue, resembling blue natural gas flames. The destruction of the Hindenburg airship was a notorious example of hydrogen combustion and the cause is still debated. The visible flames in the photographs were the result of carbon compounds in the airship skin burning.

Electron energy levels

Main article: Hydrogen atom
Drawing of a light-gray large sphere with a cut off quarter and a black small sphere and numbers 1.7×10−5 illustrating their relative diameters.
A depiction of a hydrogen atom with size of central proton shown, and the atomic diameter shown as about twice the Bohr model radius (image not to scale)

The ground state energy level of the electron in a hydrogen atom is −13.6 eV, equivalent to an ultraviolet photon of roughly 91 nm wavelength. The energy levels of hydrogen are referred to by consecutive quantum numbers, with n = 1 {\displaystyle n=1} being the ground state. The hydrogen spectral series corresponds to emission of light due to transitions from higher to lower energy levels.

The energy levels of hydrogen can be calculated fairly accurately using the Bohr model of the atom, in which the electron "orbits" the proton, like how Earth orbits the Sun. However, the electron and proton are held together by electrostatic attraction, while planets and celestial objects are held by gravity. Due to the discretization of angular momentum postulated in early quantum mechanics by Bohr, the electron in the Bohr model can only occupy certain allowed distances from the proton, and therefore only certain allowed energies.

An accurate description of the hydrogen atom comes from a quantum analysis that uses the Schrödinger equation, Dirac equation or Feynman path integral formulation to calculate the probability density of the electron around the proton. The most complex formulas include the small effects of special relativity and vacuum polarization. In the quantum mechanical treatment, the electron in a ground state hydrogen atom has no angular momentum—illustrating how the "planetary orbit" differs from electron motion.

Spin isomers

Main article: Spin isomers of hydrogen

Molecular H2 exists as two nuclear isomers that differ in the spin states of their nuclei. In the orthohydrogen form, the spins of the two nuclei are parallel, forming a spin triplet state having a total molecular spin S = 1 {\displaystyle S=1} ; in the parahydrogen form the spins are antiparallel and form a spin singlet state having spin S = 0 {\displaystyle S=0} . The equilibrium ratio of ortho- to para-hydrogen depends on temperature. At room temperature or warmer, equilibrium hydrogen gas contains about 25% of the para form and 75% of the ortho form. The ortho form is an excited state, having higher energy than the para form by 1.455 kJ/mol, and it converts to the para form over the course of several minutes when cooled to low temperature. The thermal properties of these isomers differ because each has distinct rotational quantum states.

The ortho-to-para ratio in H2 is an important consideration in the liquefaction and storage of liquid hydrogen: the conversion from ortho to para is exothermic and produces sufficient heat to evaporate most of the liquid if not converted first to parahydrogen during the cooling process. Catalysts for the ortho-para interconversion, such as ferric oxide and activated carbon compounds, are used during hydrogen cooling to avoid this loss of liquid.

Phases

Hydrogen gas is colorless and transparent, here contained in a glass ampoule.
Phase diagram of hydrogen on logarithmic scales. Lines show boundaries between phases, with the end of the liquid-gas line indicating the critical point. The triple point of hydrogen is just off-scale to the left.
Phase diagram of hydrogen. The temperature and pressure scales are logarithmic, so one unit corresponds to a 10× change. The left edge corresponds to 10 Pa, or about one atmosphere.

Liquid hydrogen can exist at temperatures below hydrogen's critical point of 33 K. However, for it to be in a fully liquid state at atmospheric pressure, H2 needs to be cooled to 20.28 K (−252.87 °C; −423.17 °F). Hydrogen was liquefied by James Dewar in 1898 by using regenerative cooling and his invention, the vacuum flask. Liquid hydrogen is a common rocket propellant, and it can also be used as the fuel for an internal combustion engine or fuel cell.

Solid hydrogen can be made at standard pressure, by decreasing the temperature below hydrogen's melting point of 14.01 K (−259.14 °C; −434.45 °F). It was collected for the first time by James Dewar in 1899. Multiple distinct solid phases exist, known as Phase I through Phase V, each exhibiting a characteristic molecular arrangement. Liquid and solid phases can exist in combination at the triple point, a substance known as slush hydrogen.

Metallic hydrogen, a phase obtained at extremely high pressures (in excess of 400 gigapascals (3,900,000 atm; 58,000,000 psi)), is an electrical conductor. It is believed to exist deep within giant planets like Jupiter.

When ionized, hydrogen becomes a plasma. This is the form in which hydrogen exists within stars.

Isotopes

Main article: Isotopes of hydrogen
Diagram showing the structure of each of Hydrogen-1 (mass number 1, 1 electron, 1 proton), Hydrogen-2 or deuterium (mass number 2, 1 electron, 1 proton, 1 neutron), and Hydrogen-3 or tritium (mass number 3, 1 electron, 1 proton, 2 neutrons)
The three naturally-occurring isotopes of hydrogen: hydrogen-1 (protium), hydrogen-2 (deuterium), and hydrogen-3 (tritium)
Hydrogen discharge (spectrum) tube
Deuterium discharge (spectrum) tube

Hydrogen has three naturally occurring isotopes, denoted
H,
H and
H. Other, highly unstable nuclei (
H to
H) have been synthesized in the laboratory but not observed in nature.


  • H
    is the most common hydrogen isotope, with an abundance of >99.98%. Because the nucleus of this isotope consists of only a single proton, it is given the descriptive but rarely used formal name protium. It is the only stable isotope with no neutrons; see diproton for a discussion of why others do not exist.

  • H
    , the other stable hydrogen isotope, is known as deuterium and contains one proton and one neutron in the nucleus. Nearly all deuterium in the universe is thought to have been produced at the time of the Big Bang, and has endured since then. Deuterium is not radioactive, and is not a significant toxicity hazard. Water enriched in molecules that include deuterium instead of normal hydrogen is called heavy water. Deuterium and its compounds are used as a non-radioactive label in chemical experiments and in solvents for
    H-NMR spectroscopy. Heavy water is used as a neutron moderator and coolant for nuclear reactors. Deuterium is also a potential fuel for commercial nuclear fusion.

  • H
    is known as tritium and contains one proton and two neutrons in its nucleus. It is radioactive, decaying into helium-3 through beta decay with a half-life of 12.32 years. It is radioactive enough to be used in luminous paint to enhance the visibility of data displays, such as for painting the hands and dial-markers of watches. The watch glass prevents the small amount of radiation from escaping the case. Small amounts of tritium are produced naturally by cosmic rays striking atmospheric gases; tritium has also been released in nuclear weapons tests. It is used in nuclear fusion, as a tracer in isotope geochemistry, and in specialized self-powered lighting devices. Tritium has also been used in chemical and biological labeling experiments as a radiolabel.

Unique among the elements, distinct names are assigned to its isotopes in common use. During the early study of radioactivity, heavy radioisotopes were given their own names, but these are mostly no longer used. The symbols D and T (instead of
H and
H) are sometimes used for deuterium and tritium, but the symbol P was already used for phosphorus and thus was not available for protium. In its nomenclatural guidelines, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) allows any of D, T,
H, and
H to be used, though
H and
H are preferred.

The exotic atom muonium (symbol Mu), composed of an antimuon and an electron, can also be considered a light radioisotope of hydrogen. Because muons decay with lifetime 2.2 µs, muonium is too unstable for observable chemistry. Nevertheless, muonium compounds are important test cases for quantum simulation, due to the mass difference between the antimuon and the proton, and IUPAC nomenclature incorporates such hypothetical compounds as muonium chloride (MuCl) and sodium muonide (NaMu), analogous to hydrogen chloride and sodium hydride respectively.

Antihydrogen (
H
) is the antimatter counterpart to hydrogen. It consists of an antiproton with a positron. Antihydrogen is the only type of antimatter atom to have been produced as of 2015.

Thermal and physical properties

Table of thermal and physical properties of hydrogen (H2) at atmospheric pressure:

Temperature (K) Density (kg/m^3) Specific heat (kJ/kg K) Dynamic viscosity (kg/m s) Kinematic viscosity (m^2/s) Thermal conductivity (W/m K) Thermal diffusivity (m^2/s) Prandtl Number
100 0.24255 11.23 4.21E-06 1.74E-05 6.70E-02 2.46E-05 0.707
150 0.16371 12.602 5.60E-06 3.42E-05 0.0981 4.75E-05 0.718
200 0.1227 13.54 6.81E-06 5.55E-05 0.1282 7.72E-05 0.719
250 0.09819 14.059 7.92E-06 8.06E-05 0.1561 1.13E-04 0.713
300 0.08185 14.314 8.96E-06 1.10E-04 0.182 1.55E-04 0.706
350 0.07016 14.436 9.95E-06 1.42E-04 0.206 2.03E-04 0.697
400 0.06135 14.491 1.09E-05 1.77E-04 0.228 2.57E-04 0.69
450 0.05462 14.499 1.18E-05 2.16E-04 0.251 3.16E-04 0.682
500 0.04918 14.507 1.26E-05 2.57E-04 0.272 3.82E-04 0.675
550 0.04469 14.532 1.35E-05 3.02E-04 0.292 4.52E-04 0.668
600 0.04085 14.537 1.43E-05 3.50E-04 0.315 5.31E-04 0.664
700 0.03492 14.574 1.59E-05 4.55E-04 0.351 6.90E-04 0.659
800 0.0306 14.675 1.74E-05 5.69E-04 0.384 8.56E-04 0.664
900 0.02723 14.821 1.88E-05 6.90E-04 0.412 1.02E-03 0.676
1000 0.02424 14.99 2.01E-05 8.30E-04 0.448 1.23E-03 0.673
1100 0.02204 15.17 2.13E-05 9.66E-04 0.488 1.46E-03 0.662
1200 0.0202 15.37 2.26E-05 1.12E-03 0.528 1.70E-03 0.659
1300 0.01865 15.59 2.39E-05 1.28E-03 0.568 1.96E-03 0.655
1400 0.01732 15.81 2.51E-05 1.45E-03 0.61 2.23E-03 0.65
1500 0.01616 16.02 2.63E-05 1.63E-03 0.655 2.53E-03 0.643
1600 0.0152 16.28 2.74E-05 1.80E-03 0.697 2.82E-03 0.639
1700 0.0143 16.58 2.85E-05 1.99E-03 0.742 3.13E-03 0.637
1800 0.0135 16.96 2.96E-05 2.19E-03 0.786 3.44E-03 0.639
1900 0.0128 17.49 3.07E-05 2.40E-03 0.835 3.73E-03 0.643
2000 0.0121 18.25 3.18E-05 2.63E-03 0.878 3.98E-03 0.661

History

Main article: Timeline of hydrogen technologies

18th century

Robert Boyle, who discovered the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids

In 1671, Irish scientist Robert Boyle discovered and described the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids, which results in the production of hydrogen gas. Boyle did not note that the gas was inflammable, but hydrogen would play a key role in overturning the phlogiston theory of combustion.

In 1766, Henry Cavendish was the first to recognize hydrogen gas as a discrete substance, by naming the gas from a metal-acid reaction "inflammable air". He speculated that "inflammable air" was in fact identical to the hypothetical substance "phlogiston" and further finding in 1781 that the gas produces water when burned. He is usually given credit for the discovery of hydrogen as an element.

Antoine Lavoisier, who identified the element that came to be known as hydrogen

In 1783, Antoine Lavoisier identified the element that came to be known as hydrogen when he and Laplace reproduced Cavendish's finding that water is produced when hydrogen is burned. Lavoisier produced hydrogen for his experiments on mass conservation by treating metallic iron with a steam of H2 through an incandescent iron tube heated in a fire. Anaerobic oxidation of iron by the protons of water at high temperature can be schematically represented by the set of following reactions:

1) Fe + H2O → FeO + H2
2) Fe + 3 H2O → Fe2O3 + 3 H2
3) Fe + 4 H2O → Fe3O4 + 4 H2

Many metals react similarly with water leading to the production of hydrogen. In some situations, this H2-producing process is problematic as is the case of zirconium cladding on nuclear fuel rods.

19th century

By 1806 hydrogen was used to fill balloons. François Isaac de Rivaz built the first de Rivaz engine, an internal combustion engine powered by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen in 1806. Edward Daniel Clarke invented the hydrogen gas blowpipe in 1819. The Döbereiner's lamp and limelight were invented in 1823.Hydrogen was liquefied for the first time by James Dewar in 1898 by using regenerative cooling and his invention, the vacuum flask. He produced solid hydrogen the next year.

One of the first quantum effects to be explicitly noticed (but not understood at the time) was James Clerk Maxwell's observation that the specific heat capacity of H2 unaccountably departs from that of a diatomic gas below room temperature and begins to increasingly resemble that of a monatomic gas at cryogenic temperatures. According to quantum theory, this behavior arises from the spacing of the (quantized) rotational energy levels, which are particularly wide-spaced in H2 because of its low mass. These widely spaced levels inhibit equal partition of heat energy into rotational motion in hydrogen at low temperatures. Diatomic gases composed of heavier atoms do not have such widely spaced levels and do not exhibit the same effect.

20th century

The existence of the hydride anion was suggested by Gilbert N. Lewis in 1916 for group 1 and 2 salt-like compounds. In 1920, Moers electrolyzed molten lithium hydride (LiH), producing a stoichiometric quantity of hydrogen at the anode.

A line spectrum showing black background with narrow lines superimposed on it: one violet, one blue, one cyan, and one red.
Hydrogen emission spectrum lines in the four visible lines of the Balmer series

Because of its simple atomic structure, consisting only of a proton and an electron, the hydrogen atom, together with the spectrum of light produced from it or absorbed by it, has been central to the development of the theory of atomic structure. Hydrogen's unique position as the only neutral atom for which the Schrödinger equation can be directly solved, has significantly contributed to the understanding of quantum mechanics through the exploration of its energetics. Furthermore, study of the corresponding simplicity of the hydrogen molecule and the corresponding cation H+2 brought understanding of the nature of the chemical bond, which followed shortly after the quantum mechanical treatment of the hydrogen atom had been developed in the mid-1920s.

Hydrogen-lifted airship

Airship Hindenburg over New York
The Hindenburg over New York City in 1937

The first hydrogen-filled balloon was invented by Jacques Charles in 1783. Hydrogen provided the lift for the first reliable form of air-travel following the 1852 invention of the first hydrogen-lifted airship by Henri Giffard. German count Ferdinand von Zeppelin promoted the idea of rigid airships lifted by hydrogen that later were called Zeppelins; the first of which had its maiden flight in 1900. Regularly scheduled flights started in 1910 and by the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, they had carried 35,000 passengers without a serious incident. Hydrogen-lifted airships were used as observation platforms and bombers during the war.

The first non-stop transatlantic crossing was made by the British airship R34 in 1919. Regular passenger service resumed in the 1920s and the discovery of helium reserves in the United States promised increased safety, but the U.S. government refused to sell the gas for this purpose. Therefore, H2 was used in the Hindenburg airship, which was destroyed in a midair fire over New Jersey on 6 May 1937. The incident was broadcast live on radio and filmed. Ignition of leaking hydrogen is widely assumed to be the cause, but later investigations pointed to the ignition of the aluminized fabric coating by static electricity. But the damage to hydrogen's reputation as a lifting gas was already done and commercial hydrogen airship travel ceased. Hydrogen is still used, in preference to non-flammable but more expensive helium, as a lifting gas for weather balloons.

Deuterium and tritium

Deuterium was discovered in December 1931 by Harold Urey, and tritium was prepared in 1934 by Ernest Rutherford, Mark Oliphant, and Paul Harteck. Heavy water, which consists of deuterium in the place of regular hydrogen, was discovered by Urey's group in 1932.

Hydrogen-cooled turbogenerator

The first hydrogen-cooled turbogenerator went into service using gaseous hydrogen as a coolant in the rotor and the stator in 1937 at Dayton, Ohio, owned by the Dayton Power & Light Co. This was justified by the high thermal conductivity and very low viscosity of hydrogen gas, thus lower drag than air. This is the most common coolant used for generators 60 MW and larger; smaller generators are usually air-cooled.

Nickel–hydrogen battery

The nickel–hydrogen battery was used for the first time in 1977 aboard the U.S. Navy's Navigation technology satellite-2 (NTS-2). The International Space Station, Mars Odyssey and the Mars Global Surveyor are equipped with nickel-hydrogen batteries. In the dark part of its orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope is also powered by nickel-hydrogen batteries, which were finally replaced in May 2009, more than 19 years after launch and 13 years beyond their design life.

Chemistry

Laboratory syntheses

H2 is produced in labs, often as a by-product of other reactions. Many metals react with water to produce H2, but the rate of hydrogen evolution depends on the metal, the pH, and the presence of alloying agents. Most often, hydrogen evolution is induced by acids. The alkali and alkaline earth metals, aluminium, zinc, manganese, and iron react readily with aqueous acids. This reaction is the basis of the Kipp's apparatus, which once was used as a laboratory gas source:

Zn + 2 H → Zn + H2

In the absence of acid, the evolution of H2 is slower. Because iron is widely used structural material, its anaerobic corrosion is of technological significance:

Fe + 2 H2O → Fe(OH)2 + H2

Many metals, such as aluminium, are slow to react with water because they form passivated oxide coatings of oxides. An alloy of aluminium and gallium, however, does react with water. At high pH, aluminium can produce H2:

2 Al + 6 H2O + 2 OH → 2 [Al(OH)4] + 3 H2

Reactions of H2

A dihydrogen complex of iron, .

H2 is relatively unreactive. The thermodynamic basis of this low reactivity is the very strong H–H bond, with a bond dissociation energy of 435.7 kJ/mol. It does form coordination complexes called dihydrogen complexes. These species provide insights into the early steps in the interactions of hydrogen with metal catalysts. According to neutron diffraction, the metal and two H atoms form a triangle in these complexes. The H-H bond remains intact but is elongated. They are acidic.

Although exotic on Earth, the H+3 ion is common in the universe. It is a triangular species, like the aforementioned dihydrogen complexes. It is known as protonated molecular hydrogen or the trihydrogen cation.

Hydrogen directly reacts with chlorine, fluorine and bromine to give HF, HCl, and HBr, respectively. The conversion involves a radical chain mechanism. With heating, H2 reacts efficiently with the alkali and alkaline earth metals to give the saline hydrides of the formula MH and MH2, respectively. One of the striking properties of H2 is its inertness toward unsaturated organic compounds, such as alkenes and alkynes. These species only react with H2 in the presence of catalysts. Especially active catalysts are the platinum metals (platinum, rhodium, palladium, etc.). A major driver for the mining of these rare and expensive elements is their use as catalysts.

Hydrogen-containing compounds

Main article: Hydrogen compounds

Most known compounds contain hydrogen, not as H2, but as covalently bonded H atoms. This interaction is the basis of organic chemistry and biochemistry.Hydrogen forms many compounds with carbon, called the hydrocarbons. Hydrocarbons are called organic compounds. In nature, they almost always contain "heteroatoms" such as nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The study of their properties is known as organic chemistry and their study in the context of living organisms is called biochemistry. By some definitions, "organic" compounds are only required to contain carbon. However, most of them also contain hydrogen, and because it is the carbon-hydrogen bond that gives this class of compounds most of its particular chemical characteristics, carbon-hydrogen bonds are required in some definitions of the word "organic" in chemistry. Millions of hydrocarbons are known, and they are usually formed by complicated pathways that seldom involve elemental hydrogen.

Hydrides

Main article: Hydride
A sample of sodium hydride

Hydrogen forms compounds with less electronegative elements, such as metals and main group elements. In these compounds, hydrogen takes on a partial negative charge. The term "hydride" suggests that the H atom has acquired a negative or anionic character, denoted H. Usually hydride refers to hydrogen in a compound with a more electropositive element. For hydrides other than group 1 and 2 metals, the term can be misleading, considering the low electronegativity of hydrogen. A well known hydride is lithium aluminium hydride, the [AlH4] anion carries hydridic centers firmly attached to the Al(III). Perhaps the most extensive series of hydrides are the boranes, compounds consisting only of boron and hydrogen.

Hydrides can bond to these electropositive elements not only as a terminal ligand but also as bridging ligands. In diborane (B2H6), four H's are terminal and two bridge between the two B atoms.

Protons and acids

Further information: Acid–base reaction
An "A-T base pair" in DNA illustrating how hydrogen bonds are critical to the genetic code. The drawing illustrates that in many chemical depictions, C-H bonds are not always shown explicitly, an indication of their pervasiveness.

When bonded to a more electronegative element, particularly fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen, hydrogen can participate in a form of medium-strength noncovalent bonding with another electronegative element with a lone pair, a phenomenon called hydrogen bonding that is critical to the stability of many biological molecules. H can also be obtained by oxidation of H2. Under the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, acids are proton donors, while bases are proton acceptors.

A bare proton, H essentially cannot exist in anything other than a vacuum. Otherwise it attaches to other atoms, ions, or molecules. Even species as inert as methane can be protonated. The term 'proton' is used loosely and metaphorically to refer to refer to solvated H" without any implication that any single protons exist freely as a species. To avoid the implication of the naked proton in solution, acidic aqueous solutions are sometimes considered to contain the "hydronium ion" ([H3O]) or still more accurately, [H9O4]. Other oxonium ions are found when water is in acidic solution with other solvents.

Occurrence

Cosmic

A white-green cotton-like clog on black background.
NGC 604, a giant region of ionized hydrogen in the Triangulum Galaxy

Hydrogen, as atomic H, is the most abundant chemical element in the universe, making up 75% of normal matter by mass and >90% by number of atoms. In astrophysics, neutral hydrogen in the interstellar medium is called H I and ionized hydrogen is called H II. Radiation from stars ionizes H I to H II, creating spheres of ionized H II around stars. In the chronology of the universe neutral hydrogen dominated until the birth of stars during the era of reionization led to bubbles of ionized hydrogen that grew and merged over 500 million of years. They are the source of the 21-cm hydrogen line at 1420 MHz that is detected in order to probe primordial hydrogen. The large amount of neutral hydrogen found in the damped Lyman-alpha systems is thought to dominate the cosmological baryonic density of the universe up to a redshift of z = 4.

Hydrogen is found in great abundance in stars and gas giant planets. Molecular clouds of H2 are associated with star formation. Hydrogen plays a vital role in powering stars through the proton-proton reaction in lower-mass stars, and through the CNO cycle of nuclear fusion in case of stars more massive than the Sun.

Hydrogen plasma states have properties quite distinct from those of molecular or atomic hydrogen. As a plasma, hydrogen's electron and proton are not bound together, resulting in very high electrical conductivity and high emissivity (producing the light from the Sun and other stars). The charged particles are highly influenced by magnetic and electric fields. For example, in the solar wind they interact with the Earth's magnetosphere giving rise to Birkeland currents and the aurora.

A molecular form called protonated molecular hydrogen (H+3) is found in the interstellar medium, where it is generated by ionization of molecular hydrogen from cosmic rays. This ion has also been observed in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter. The ion is long-lived in outer space due to the low temperature and density. H+3 is one of the most abundant ions in the universe, and it plays a notable role in the chemistry of the interstellar medium. Neutral triatomic hydrogen H3 can exist only in an excited form and is unstable. By contrast, the positive hydrogen molecular ion (H+2) is a rare in the universe.

Terrestrial

Under ordinary conditions on Earth, elemental hydrogen exists as the diatomic gas, H2. Hydrogen gas is very rare in Earth's atmosphere (around 0.53 ppm on a molar basis) because of its light weight, which enables it to escape the atmosphere more rapidly than heavier gases. However, hydrogen, usually in the form of water, is the third most abundant element on the Earth's surface, mostly in the form of chemical compounds such as hydrocarbons and water. Despite its low concentration in our atmosphere, terrestrial hydrogen is sufficiently abundant to support the metabolism of several bacteria.

Deposits of hydrogen gas have been discovered in several countries including Mali, France and Australia.

Production and storage

Main article: Hydrogen production

Industrial routes

Many methods exist for producing H2, but three dominate commercially: steam reforming often coupled to water-gas shift, partial oxidation of hydrocarbons, and water electrolysis.

Steam reforming

Inputs and outputs of steam reforming (SMR) and water gas shift (WGS) reaction of natural gas, a process used in hydrogen production

Hydrogen is mainly produced by steam methane reforming (SMR), the reaction of water and methane. Thus, at high temperature (1000–1400 K, 700–1100 °C or 1300–2000 °F), steam (water vapor) reacts with methane to yield carbon monoxide and H2.

CH4 + H2O → CO + 3 H2

Steam reforming is also used for the industrial preparation of ammonia.

This reaction is favored at low pressures, Nonetheless, conducted at high pressures (2.0 MPa, 20 atm or 600 inHg) because high-pressure H2 is the most marketable product, and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) purification systems work better at higher pressures. The product mixture is known as "synthesis gas" because it is often used directly for the production of methanol and many other compounds. Hydrocarbons other than methane can be used to produce synthesis gas with varying product ratios. One of the many complications to this highly optimized technology is the formation of coke or carbon:

CH4 → C + 2 H2

Therefore, steam reforming typically employs an excess of H2O. Additional hydrogen can be recovered from the steam by using carbon monoxide through the water gas shift reaction (WGS). This process requires an iron oxide catalyst:

CO + H2O → CO2 + H2

Hydrogen is sometimes produced and consumed in the same industrial process, without being separated. In the Haber process for ammonia production, hydrogen is generated from natural gas.

Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons

Other methods for CO and H2 production include partial oxidation of hydrocarbons:

2 CH4 + O2 → 2 CO + 4 H2

Although less important commercially, coal can serve as a prelude to the shift reaction above:

C + H2O → CO + H2

Olefin production units may produce substantial quantities of byproduct hydrogen particularly from cracking light feedstocks like ethane or propane.

Water electrolysis

Inputs and outputs of the electrolysis of water production of hydrogen

Electrolysis of water is a conceptually simple method of producing hydrogen.

2 H2O(l) → 2 H2(g) + O2(g)

Commercial electrolyzers use nickel-based catalysts in strongly alkaline solution. Platinum is a better catalyst but is expensive.

Electrolysis of brine to yield chlorine also produces high purity hydrogen as a co-product, which is used for a variety of transformations such as hydrogenations.

The electrolysis process is more expensive than producing hydrogen from methane without CCS and the efficiency of energy conversion is inherently low.

Innovation in hydrogen electrolyzers could make large-scale production of hydrogen from electricity more cost-competitive. Hydrogen produced in this manner could play a significant role in decarbonizing energy systems where there are challenges and limitations to replacing fossil fuels with direct use of electricity.

Methane pyrolysis

Hydrogen can be produced by pyrolysis of natural gas (methane).

This route has a lower carbon footprint than commercial hydrogen production processes. Developing a commercial methane pyrolysis process could expedite the expanded use of hydrogen in industrial and transportation applications. Methane pyrolysis is accomplished by passing methane through a molten metal catalyst containing dissolved nickel. Methane is converted to hydrogen gas and solid carbon.

CH4(g) → C(s) + 2 H2(g) (ΔH° = 74 kJ/mol)

The carbon may be sold as a manufacturing feedstock or fuel, or landfilled.

Further research continues in several laboratories, including at Karlsruhe Liquid-metal Laboratory and at University of California – Santa Barbara. BASF built a methane pyrolysis pilot plant.

Thermochemical

Water splitting is the process by which water is decomposed into its components. Relevant to the biological scenario is this simple equation:

2 H2O → 4 H + O2 + 4e

The reaction occurs in the light reactions in all photosynthetic organisms. A few organisms, including the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and cyanobacteria, have evolved a second step in the dark reactions in which protons and electrons are reduced to form H2 gas by specialized hydrogenases in the chloroplast.

Efforts have been undertaken to genetically modify cyanobacterial hydrogenases to more efficiently generate H2 gas even in the presence of oxygen. Efforts have also been undertaken with genetically modified alga in a bioreactor.

Relevant to the thermal water-splitting scenario is this simple equation:

2 H2O → 2 H2 + O2

More than 200 thermochemical cycles can be used for water splitting. Many of these cycles such as the iron oxide cycle, cerium(IV) oxide–cerium(III) oxide cycle, zinc zinc-oxide cycle, sulfur-iodine cycle, copper-chlorine cycle and hybrid sulfur cycle have been evaluated for their commercial potential to produce hydrogen and oxygen from water and heat without using electricity. A number of labs (including in France, Germany, Greece, Japan, and the United States) are developing thermochemical methods to produce hydrogen from solar energy and water.

Natural routes

Biohydrogen

Further information: Biohydrogen and Biological hydrogen production (Algae)

H2 is produced by enzymes called hydrogenases. This process allows the host organism to use fermentation as a source of energy. These same enzymes also can oxidize H2, such that the host organisms can subsist by reducing oxidized substrates using electrons extracted from H2.

The hydrogenase enzyme feature iron or nickel-iron centers at their active sites. The natural cycle of hydrogen production and consumption by organisms is called the hydrogen cycle.

Some bacteria such as Mycobacterium smegmatis can use the small amount of hydrogen in the atmosphere as a source of energy when other sources are lacking. Their hydrogenase are designed with small channels that exclude oxygen and so permits the reaction to occur even though the hydrogen concentration is very low and the oxygen concentration is as in normal air.

Confirming the existence of hydrogenases in the human gut, H2 occurs in human breath. The concentration in the breath of fasting people at rest is typically less than 5 parts per million (ppm) but can be 50 ppm when people with intestinal disorders consume molecules they cannot absorb during diagnostic hydrogen breath tests.

Serpentinization

Serpentinization is a geological mechanism that produce highly reducing conditions. Under these conditions, water is capable of oxidizing ferrous (Fe
) ions in fayalite. The process is of interest because it generates hydrogen gas:

Fe2SiO4 + H2O → 2 Fe3O4 + SiO2 +H2

Closely related to this geological process is the Schikorr reaction:

3 Fe(OH)2 → Fe3O4 + 2 H2O + H2

This process also is relevant to the corrosion of iron and steel in oxygen-free groundwater and in reducing soils below the water table.

Storage

Hydrogen produced when there is a surplus of variable renewable electricity could in principle be stored and later used to generate heat or to re-generate electricity. The hydrogen created through electrolysis using renewable energy is commonly referred to as "green hydrogen". It can be further transformed into synthetic fuels such as ammonia and methanol. Disadvantages of hydrogen as an energy carrier include high costs of storage and distribution due to hydrogen's explosivity, its large volume compared to other fuels, and its tendency to make pipes brittle.

If H2 is to used as an energy source, its storage is important. It dissolves only poorly in solvents. For example, at room temperature and 0.1 Mpascal, ca. 0.05 moles dissolves in one kilogram of diethyl ether. The H2 can be stored in compressed form, although compressing costs energy. Liquifaction is impractical given its low critical temperature. In contrast, ammonia and many hydrocarbons can be liquified at room temperature under pressure. For these reasons, hydrogen carriers - materials that reversibly bind H2 - have attracted much attention. The key question is then the weight percent of H2-equivalents within the carrier material. For example, hydrogen can be reversibly absorbed into many rare earth and transition metals and is soluble in both nanocrystalline and amorphous metals. Hydrogen solubility in metals is influenced by local distortions or impurities in the crystal lattice. These properties may be useful when hydrogen is purified by passage through hot palladium disks, but the gas's high solubility is also a metallurgical problem, contributing to the embrittlement of many metals, complicating the design of pipelines and storage tanks.

The most problematic aspect of metal hydrides for storage is their modest H2 content, often on the order of 1%. For this reason, there is interest in storage of H2 in compounds of low molecular weight. For example, ammonia borane (H3N−BH3) contains 19.8 weight percent of H2. The problem with this material is that after release of H2, the resulting boron nitride does not re-add H2, i.e. ammonia borane is an irreversible hydrogen carrier. More attractive, somewhat ironically, are hydrocarbons such as tetrahydroquinoline, which reversibly release some H2 when heated in the presence of a catalyst:

C9H10NH ⇌ C9H7N + 2H2

Applications

See also: Hydrogen economy
Some projected uses in the medium term, but analysts disagree

Petrochemical industry

Large quantities of H2 are used in the "upgrading" of fossil fuels. Key consumers of H2 include hydrodesulfurization, and hydrocracking. Many of these reactions can be classified as hydrogenolysis, i.e., the cleavage of bonds by hydrogen. Illustrative is the separation of sulfur from liquid fossil fuels:

R2S + 2 H2 → H2S + 2 RH

Hydrogenation

Hydrogenation, the addition of H2 to various substrates, is done on a large scale. Hydrogenation of N2 to produce ammonia by the Haber process, consumes a few percent of the energy budget in the entire industry. The resulting ammonia is used to supply most of the protein consumed by humans. Hydrogenation is used to convert unsaturated fats and oils to saturated fats and oils. The major application is the production of margarine. Methanol is produced by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide. It is similarly the source of hydrogen in the manufacture of hydrochloric acid. H2 is also used as a reducing agent for the conversion of some ores to the metals.

Coolant

Main article: Hydrogen-cooled turbo generator

Hydrogen is commonly used in power stations as a coolant in generators due to a number of favorable properties that are a direct result of its light diatomic molecules. These include low density, low viscosity, and the highest specific heat and thermal conductivity of all gases.

Fuel

Hydrogen (H2) is widely discussed as a carrier of energy with potential to help to decarbonize economies and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. This scenario requires the efficient production and storage of hydrogen.

Hydrogen fuel can produce the intense heat required for industrial production of steel, cement, glass, and chemicals, thus contributing to the decarbonisation of industry alongside other technologies, such as electric arc furnaces for steelmaking. However, it is likely to play a larger role in providing industrial feedstock for cleaner production of ammonia and organic chemicals. For example, in steelmaking, hydrogen could function as a clean energy carrier and also as a low-carbon catalyst, replacing coal-derived coke (carbon):

2FeO + C → 2Fe + CO2
vs
FeO + H2 → Fe + H2O

Hydrogen used to decarbonise transportation is likely to find its largest applications in shipping, aviation and, to a lesser extent, heavy goods vehicles, through the use of hydrogen-derived synthetic fuels such as ammonia and methanol and fuel cell technology. For light-duty vehicles including cars, hydrogen is far behind other alternative fuel vehicles, especially compared with the rate of adoption of battery electric vehicles, and may not play a significant role in future.

Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen together serve as cryogenic propellants in liquid-propellant rockets, as in the Space Shuttle main engines. NASA has investigated the use of rocket propellant made from atomic hydrogen, boron or carbon that is frozen into solid molecular hydrogen particles suspended in liquid helium. Upon warming, the mixture vaporizes to allow the atomic species to recombine, heating the mixture to high temperature.

Semiconductor industry

Hydrogen is employed to saturate broken ("dangling") bonds of amorphous silicon and amorphous carbon that helps stabilizing material properties. It is also a potential electron donor in various oxide materials, including ZnO, SnO2, CdO, MgO, ZrO2, HfO2, La2O3, Y2O3, TiO2, SrTiO3, LaAlO3, SiO2, Al2O3, ZrSiO4, HfSiO4, and SrZrO3.

Niche and evolving uses

  • Buoyant lifting: Because H2 is only 7% the density of air, it was once widely used as a lifting gas in balloons and airships.
  • Leak detection: Pure or mixed with nitrogen (sometimes called forming gas), hydrogen is a tracer gas for detection of minute leaks. Applications can be found in the automotive, chemical, power generation, aerospace, and telecommunications industries. Hydrogen is an authorized food additive (E 949) that allows food package leak testing, as well as having anti-oxidizing properties.

Safety and precautions

Main article: Hydrogen safety
Hydrogen
Hazards
GHS labelling:
Pictograms GHS02: Flammable
Signal word Danger
Hazard statements H220
Precautionary statements P202, P210, P271, P377, P381, P403
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 0: Exposure under fire conditions would offer no hazard beyond that of ordinary combustible material. E.g. sodium chlorideFlammability 4: Will rapidly or completely vaporize at normal atmospheric pressure and temperature, or is readily dispersed in air and will burn readily. Flash point below 23 °C (73 °F). E.g. propaneInstability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
0 4 0
Chemical compound

Hydrogen poses few hazards to human safety. The chief hazards are for detonations and asphyxiation, but both are mitigated by its high diffusivity. Because hydrogen has been intensively investigated as a fuel, there is extensive documentation on the risks. Because H2 reacts with very few substrates, it is nontoxic as evidenced by the fact that humans exhale small amounts of it.

See also

Notes

  1. 286 kJ/mol: energy per mole of the combustible material (molecular hydrogen).

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