The number one in the periodic table and at the same time the star among the elements - in the literal sense. After all, the universe consists largely of hydrogen. And as early as 1874, Jules Verne predicted that one day hydrogen would be used as a fuel. To the article about hydrogen on the Faszination Chemie website
Hydrogen is flammable. That's why you have to be careful with it. Anyone who does this can also have a lot of fun with hydrogen: You can find a video about hydrogen on the "Periodic Videos" website. And a second video shows hydrogen bubbles exploding in ultra slow motion.
In the ChemistryViews series In My Element - Hydrogen, Prof. Jairton Dupont explains why hydrogen is THE element for him
You can listen to hydrogen in two and a half minutes in the Deutschlandfunk Kultur podcast.
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to our brochure Chemistry of the Elements
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