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chemical element
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Learn about new water molecule-splitting technology that separates hydrogen and oxygen
A catalyst that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen may provide a way to produce...
Understanding acids, bases, and the pH scale
The fundamentals of acids and bases and how the pH scale is used to measure them.
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Balmer series of hydrogen
The Balmer series of hydrogen as seen by a low-resolution spectrometer.
Arthur L. Schawlow, Stanford University, and Theodore W. Hansch, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
explosion limits
Figure 1: Explosion limits of a hydrogen-oxygen mixture.
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first ionization energies of the elements
First ionization energies of the elements.
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energy levels of the hydrogen atom
Energy levels of the hydrogen atom, according to Bohr's model and quantum mechanics...
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Figure 15: Transformations of hydrogen compounds in the atmosphere.
From Atmospheric Ozone 1985, World Meteorological Organization, Report No. 16, (1986), by courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
electron density functions for four hydrogen atom states
Figure 5: Plots of electron density in the xz plane of atomic hydrogen are...
Daniel Kleppner and William P. Spencer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
polar covalent bond
In polar covalent bonds, such as that between hydrogen and oxygen atoms, the electrons...
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Interactives
Explore an interactive periodic table of the elements
Periodic table of the elements.
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