Question

How can you say that hydrogen is a neutral gas?

Answer 1

Hydrogen:

• Hydrogen is a chemical element having an atomic number equal to one.
• It was discovered by Henry Cavendish.
• It is a gas with no color and odor and has the lowest density of all gases.
• It is a highly inflammable gas.

Hydrogen as neutral gas:

• Hydrogen has one electron in its first (and only) electron shell.
• To complete its shell hydrogen atoms can combine with themselves to make a diatomic molecule.
• It exists in the diatomic form in nature so 2 atoms of hydrogen make one molecule H₂.
• Diatomic hydrogen has a total of 2 electrons, and 2 protons, which cancel out in charge hence leaving the diatomic form of hydrogen neutral.