molecular hydrogen

collocation in English

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molecular
adjective
uk
/məˈlek.jə.lər/us
/məˈlek.jə.lɚ/
relating to molecules (= the simplest units of a ...
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hydrogen
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhaɪ.drə.dʒən/us
/ˈhaɪ.drə.dʒən/
a chemical element that is the lightest gas, has no colour, taste, or smell, and combines with oxygen to ...
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(Definition ofmolecularandhydrogenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The oxygen atmosphere accumulates around this satellite through reactions that break up the water molecules to formmolecularhydrogenand oxygen.
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Probably implanted oxygen ions act as scavengers of electrons or of atomic andmolecularhydrogen, promoting the formation of water molecular fragments.
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Most of these organisms are anaerobes which use inorganic redox reactions ofmolecularhydrogen, carbon dioxide, iron-, nitrogen-, or sulfur compounds as energy sources.
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Molecularhydrogen, as the most reduced component in the system, forms a basal component to a deep dark biosphere powered by metastable redox gradients.
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A subsurface source ofmolecularhydrogen, along with carbon dioxide, and liquid water, might support the growth of methanogenic microorganisms.
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Oxidation of released ferrous iron may consume oxygen to such an extent that water decomposes and formmolecularhydrogen.
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Themolecularhydrogenformed may be used directly by chemoautotrophic organisms.
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This was the thermal decay time of the filament that dissociatedmolecularhydrogento atomic hydrogen.
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No other species in these plasmas, specificallymolecularhydrogenand various noble gas species, were found to be 'hot'.
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The fullerene-like structures in carbon dust may be responsible for instance for the formation ofmolecularhydrogenfrom atomic hydrogen by an enhanced surface chemistry mechanism.
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Giant molecular clouds mainly consist ofmolecularhydrogenand helium but also contain smaller amounts of heavier gases, which may be partially ionized.
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These are the highest gravimetricmolecularhydrogenuptakes for a porous material under these thermodynamic conditions.
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Atomic hydrogen is much more reactive thanmolecularhydrogen.
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He is perhaps best known for his work with the spectrograph that showed incontrovertible proof thatmolecularhydrogenexists in the interstellar medium.
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Themolecularhydrogenseen here is one of the most turbulent forms ofmolecularhydrogenever seen.
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Typically, molecular bow shocks are observed in ro-vibrational emission from hotmolecularhydrogen.
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