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Describe hydrogen's atomic structure and its molecular structure.

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The hydrogen atom has a nucleus consisting of a proton bearing one unit of positive electrical charge; an electron, bearing one unit of negative electrical charge, is also associated with this nucleus.

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Step-by-step explanation:

A hydrogen atom is an atom of the chemical element hydrogen. The electrically neutral atom contains a single positively charged proton and a single negatively charged electron bound to the nucleus by the Coulomb force. Atomic hydrogen constitutes about 75% of the baryonic mass of the universe.

Names: hydrogen atom, H-1, protium, ¹H

Protons: 1

Neutrons: 0

Symbol: 1H

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