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Is hydrogen gas flammable?


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Explanation:

Hydrogen has the highest flammability rating 4 because it is flammable even when combined with small amounts of normal air, combustion will reduce the hydrogen to air volumetric ratio by up to 4% due to oxygen in the air, and the reaction's simplicity and chemical properties.

  1. It is the lightest gas and is explosive in air, at concentrations exceeding about 4%(Lewis1996).
  2. When hydrogen comes into contact with oxygen, chlorine, or other oxidizers, it becomes flammable and unstable, and it burns with an almost imperceptible flame.

Hence, hydrogen gas is flammable.


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