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hydrogens

  • plural
    of hydrogen.
    hydrogen
    noun
    a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. H; 1.00797; 1; density: 0.0899 grams/liter at 0°C and 760 millimeters pressure.

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But, at room temperature, the number of hydrogens attached to lanthanum fluctuates between 2 and 3, making it impossible to have efficient conduction.

From Science Daily Dec. 22, 2023

In the trans configuration, the hydrogens are on opposite sides.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The mass spectrometer then works out how many carbons there are in the molecule, how many hydrogens, how many oxygens; and starts to build up the complete structure.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2015

Fructose and allulose have the same atomic components—six carbons, 12 hydrogens and six oxygens—but differ in the placement of one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms.

From Newsweek Feb. 22, 2015

The hydrogens were part of the hydrogen bonds that held together the three intertwined chains.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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