Question about hydrogen and water?
I don’t know much about chemistry , but I wondered about lets say water, it has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atoms, yet pure oxygen and pure hydrogen can be hazardous, why is this? Same with a lot of other chemicals.
Because they’re unstable on their own. Hydrogen and Oxygen are what I call part of the "super seven" the seven elements that have to be paired unless they’re bonded. Hydrogen and Oxygen will not exist as H and O, but instead H2 and O2. Hopefully that helps you.
Edit: I forgot to add about the stability, if you have H20, then you will have 8 valence electrons, which is stable (like a noble gas). (O has 6, and H has 1 each)
ConfusedGirly | Nov 13, 2009
Think the concept as like this:
You have two different herbs, eating just one would be poisonous. If you mix two of them and grind them into medicine, then ti is safe.
You get the idea?
Great | Nov 13, 2009
