dihydrogen
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- noun
- /daɪˈhaɪdrədʒən/
- Specialized
- Every molecule of dihydrogen consists of two hydrogen atoms chemically bonded together.
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The chemical formula for dihydrogen is represented as H₂.
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Dihydrogen, commonly known as dihydrogen gas, is crucial for various industrial processes.
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By the way, can you please help ban the dangerous chemical Dihydrogen Monoxide?
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Or even worse, the dihydrogen monoxide used to dissolve it?
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Did you know most non-organic foods are chock-full of dihydrogen oxide?
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Sneak significant restrictions on dihydrogen monoxide into the next 2000-page law to come along and see what the EPA can do with that.
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Aw well, would anybody be interested in signing my petition to ban dihydrogen oxide as it is the "greenhouse" gas that has truly gone unnoticed by my "the sky is falling" colleagues?
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Just to point out the importance of university research, Cal grad students have demonstrated that dihydrogen monoxide can be fixed in crystalline form at low temperatures, in a "bath" of ethyl alcohol and associated moderating fluids.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dihydrogen as a molecule is written H₂, and the name shows its origin: di- 'two' plus hydrogen from hydro- 'water' and -gen 'maker'. That's why dihydrogen is two hydrogen atoms joined together and why burning hydrogen can form water.