hydrogens
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pluralof hydrogen.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
hydrogennouna 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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