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What is the most abundant element in the universe?
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
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- Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe (70% of the total mass of the Universe) and is the principal element in the solar atmosphere.
- About half of the mass of the sun and stars is due to hydrogen.
- Hydrogen is not much abundant on earth in a free state. In the air, it is one part in 15,00,000 parts.
- The gases coming out from volcanoes, coal mines and oil wells also contain free hydrogen.
- In the combined state, hydrogen is widely distributed on earth in water, coal, petroleum, clay, and in all animal and vegetable matter. It constitutes about 0.9% of the weight of the earth's crust.
- Hydrogen exists in the diatomic state but in the triatomic state, it is called hyzone.
- Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe (70% of the total mass of the Universe) and is the principal element in the solar atmosphere.
- About half of the mass of the sun and stars is due to hydrogen.
- Hydrogen is not much abundant on earth in a free state. In the air, it is one part in 15,00,000 parts.
- The gases coming out from volcanoes, coal mines and oil wells also contain free hydrogen.
- In the combined state, hydrogen is widely distributed on earth in water, coal, petroleum, clay, and in all animal and vegetable matter. It constitutes about 0.9% of the weight of the earth's crust.
- Hydrogen exists in the diatomic state but in the triatomic state, it is called hyzone.
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