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atomic hydrogen

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. hydrogen in the form of single atoms, rather than molecules, which makes it extremely reactive.


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Stars do not form directly from most neutral atomic hydrogen.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

With it, they zoomed in on radio waves emitted by atomic hydrogen gas.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 29, 2023

Visbal, E., Barkana, R., Fialkov, A., Tseliakhovich, D. & Hirata, C. M. The signature of the first stars in atomic hydrogen at redshift 20.

From Nature ● Feb. 27, 2018

At any given time in the Milky Way, the majority of the interstellar gas by mass and volume is in the form of atomic hydrogen.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The typical reddish flame of atomic hydrogen, he knew, would be instantaneously recognizable.

From The Black Star Passes by John Wood Campbell

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