Hydrogen

**Hydrogen** is the lightest but the most abundant element in the universe. About 75% of the universe is composed of him.

## Hydrogen

I am, to put it mildly, almost omnipresent.

## History of Hydrogen

### His Franco-English Birth

Hydrogen was first discovered by English chemist super-giant Robert Boyle from the reaction between iron filings and dilute acids. He was eventually born as an element after his recognition by also English super-giant Henry Cavendish in 1766. 17 years later, French super-giant Antoine Lavoisier gave him the name "hydrogen" (which means "former water" in Greek).

When Hydrogen was 132 years old, yet again English super-giant James Dewar liquefied and solidified him.

### Birth of Hydrogen's Isotopic Children

Protium was born the same moment Hydrogen was in 1766. In 1931, Deuterium was born thanks to American super-giant Harold Urey. Three years later, Tritium was born from for the fourth time English super-giant Ernest Rutherford and two other scientists.

## Characteristics of Hydrogen

### Physical Properties

Hydrogen has no color, no smell, and no taste, which conceals him from the outside world. He is also highly combustible, which means he can make flammable objects ignite into flames.

### Atomic Composition

#### Protons

Hydrogen always has one proton. All the other elements make fun of him for having the least number of subatomic particles, usually Sodium, Nitrogen, and Boron. Every time they tease Hydrogen, he responds by growing huge and reminding his 117 neighbors that he is the most common element in the universe and can devour all of them if he wishes so.

#### Neutrons

99.9855% of the time, Hydrogen copies the form of his most favorite son, Protium, who only has one proton and zero neutrons. 0.0145% of the time, he is in Deuterium's form, who has one neutron.

## Family

Hydrogen has his own family. He was born in England with no siblings. After he came into existence as an element, Protium immediately came after him. The father and son family was small but enjoyable for Hydrogen and Protium for 165 years, until Deuterium was born in 1931.

Tritium was born in 1934, three years after Deuterium. He does not reside in Earth as Protium and Deuterium do, but he is rarely present in the outside universe.

#### Compounds

Hydrogen fathers Water,

H

2

O

{\displaystyle \ce{H2O}}

, with Oxygen. However, he left to burn for a while as Oxygen was in labor. Hydrogen also fathers the toxic Ammonia,

NH

3

{\displaystyle \ce{NH3}}

, with Nitrogen, though since both Hydrogen and Nitrogen hold a grudge against each other, Ammonia gained his reputation for his poisonous character after being left with no cooperating fathers.

On the bright side, Hydrogen fathers Methane,

CH

4

{\displaystyle \ce{CH4}}

, with Carbon. Since Hydrogen and Carbon are really good friends, Methane grew up as a good source of light. However, he is capable of displacing Oxygen, which leaves super-giants with not really much gas to breathe.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Carbon

Carbon and Hydrogen are best friends forever. One of their projects together was forming Methane.

#### Fluorine

Since Hydrogen was the master of (near) omnipresence, and Fluorine was the master of electronegativity, the two became friends when they dueled Francium together.

## Personality

Hydrogen appears to be grumpy according to elements such as Boron, Nitrogen, and Sodium. In reality, Hydrogen is a friendly element who rarely gets noticed by the others for his small atomic composition.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen **Hydrogen** is the chemical element with the symbol **H** and atomic number 1. Hydrogen is the lightest element. At standard conditions hydrogen is a gas of diatomic molecules having the formula H. It is colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, and highly combustible. Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, constituting roughly 75% of all normal matter.