Hydrogen

Hydrogen Hydrogen is the first element that can be found on the periodic table. It has only one electron and one energy level. Having only one proton and one electron causes it to be very light in weight. The British scientist Henry Cavendish is given credit with discovering hydrogen in 1766, but studies show that German-Swiss alchemist Paracelsus in the 16th had handled it first. It gets its name from the words hudÛr, meaning water, …

…food products such as margarine and shortenings from animal or vegetable fats and oils. Tugsten and molybdenum are prepared by treating their oxides or salts with hydrogen. Even though fuel cells have been around for about 150 years we are just now beginning to develop them. The fuel cell is dependant upon hydrogen. Hydrogen is very hard to obtain cheaply. The only feasible way to get it is by removing it from a compound, usually hydrocarbons.