Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [April 22, 2022]
The Stephen Wolfram Podcast
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How Do Hydrogen Atoms Get Stuck Together?
A typical atom has a nucleus, it has a bunch of protons and neutrons in case of hydrogen. Hydrogen helium, lithium, rheum, orion, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, yes, it is eight. It's the eight-dellum, which means it has eight protons and in its kind of most ordinary state it has eight electrons as well. You've got this oxygen atom, you've got two hydrogen atoms and how do they get stuck together? They get stuck together by a fairly complicated process that involves the exchange of electrons between the hydrogens and the oxygen,. so-called covalent bondate.
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