Rajan presented a chemistry project on hydrogen. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element in the universe, and is found in stars. It can be produced through electrolysis of water or reactions with metals. Hydrogen is used to produce ammonia and in fuel cells, which generate electricity efficiently but are currently expensive. While fuel cells show promise for powering vehicles, widespread adoption requires further infrastructure development and cost reductions. The presentation covered hydrogen's history, properties, production methods, current and potential future uses.
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Rajan presented a chemistry project on hydrogen. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element in the universe, and is found in stars. It can be produced through electrolysis of water or reactions with metals. Hydrogen is used to produce ammonia and in fuel cells, which generate electricity efficiently but are currently expensive. While fuel cells show promise for powering vehicles, widespread adoption requires further infrastructure development and cost reductions. The presentation covered hydrogen's history, properties, production methods, current and potential future uses.
Rajan presented a chemistry project on hydrogen. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element in the universe, and is found in stars. It can be produced through electrolysis of water or reactions with metals. Hydrogen is used to produce ammonia and in fuel cells, which generate electricity efficiently but are currently expensive. While fuel cells show promise for powering vehicles, widespread adoption requires further infrastructure development and cost reductions. The presentation covered hydrogen's history, properties, production methods, current and potential future uses.
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Rajan presented a chemistry project on hydrogen. Hydrogen is the simplest and most abundant element in the universe, and is found in stars. It can be produced through electrolysis of water or reactions with metals. Hydrogen is used to produce ammonia and in fuel cells, which generate electricity efficiently but are currently expensive. While fuel cells show promise for powering vehicles, widespread adoption requires further infrastructure development and cost reductions. The presentation covered hydrogen's history, properties, production methods, current and potential future uses.
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CHEMISTRY PROJECT
PRESENTED BY : RAJAN
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WHAT IS HYDROGEN? Hydrogen is the simplest element known to man. Each atom of hydrogen has only one proton. It is also the most plentiful gas in the universe. Stars are made primarily of hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel cells (batteries) make electricity. They are very efficient, but expensive to build. Small fuel cells can power electric cars. Large fuel cells can provide electricity in out of the way places with no power lines. 12/23/09 Presented By : Rajan 2 History (Gr. hydro: water, and genes: forming) Hydrogen was prepared many years before it was recognized as a distinct substance by Cavendish in 1776. Atomic Number:1 Atomic Weight:1.0079 Atomic Radius:78pm Boiling Point: -252.87 C Atomic Symbol: H Electron Configuration: 1s1 Melting Point:- 259.34 C Oxidation States:1, -1 12/23/09 Presented By : Rajan 3 Sources Hydrogen is estimated to make up more than 90% of all the atoms -- three quarters of the mass of the universe! This element is found in the stars, and plays an important part in powering the universe through both the proton- proton reaction and carbon-nitrogen cycle. Stellar hydrogen fusion processes release massive amounts of energy by combining hydrogens to form Helium.
Steam on heated carbon,
Decomposition of certain hydrocarbons with heat, Reaction of sodium or potassium hydroxide on aluminum Electrolysis of water, or Displacement from acids by certain metals.
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PICTURES Hydrogen Uses Great quantities of hydrogen are required commercially for nitrogen fixation using the Haber ammonia process, and for the hydrogenation of fats and oils. It is also used in large quantities in methanol production, in hydrodealkylation, hydrocracking, and hydrodesulfurization. Other uses include rocket fuel, welding, producing hydrochloric acid, reducing metallic ores, and filling balloons.
The Hydrogen Fuel cell is a developing technology that will allow
great amounts of electrical power to be obtained using a source of hydrogen gas.
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HYDROGEN USE IN VEHICLES Today, there are an estimated 400 to 500 hydrogen-fueled vehicles in the U.S., mostly in California. Most of these vehicles are buses and automobiles powered by electric motors. They store hydrogen gas or liquid on board and convert the hydrogen into electricity for the motor using a fuel cell. Only a few of these vehicles burn the hydrogen directly (producing almost no pollution). The present cost of fuel cell vehicles greatly exceeds that of conventional vehicles in large part due to the expense of producing fuel cells.
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THE FUTURE OF HYDROGEN Hydrogen has great potential as an environmentally clean energy fuel and as a way to reduce reliance on imported energy sources. Before hydrogen can play a bigger energy role and become a widely used alternative to gasoline, many new facilities and systems must be built. We will need facilities to make hydrogen, store it, and move it. We will need economical fuel cells. And consumers will need the technology and the education to safely use it.
Disadvantages Expensive HighlyExplosive Not Easy To Use
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CONCLUSION Hydrogen fuel cells (batteries) make electricity. They are very efficient, but expensive to build. Small fuel cells can power electric cars. Large fuel cells can provide electricity in out of the way places with no power lines. Because of the high cost to build fuel cells, large hydrogen power plants won't be built for a while. However, fuel cells are being used in some places as a source of emergency power to hospitals and to wilderness locations. Portable fuel cells are being sold to provide longer power for laptop computers, cell phones, and military applications. 12/23/09 Presented By : Rajan 11 BIBLIOGRAPHY WWW.HYDROGENFUEL.ORG WWW.FUELINFO.COM WWW.ENERGYEDUCATION.COM
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