Table of Contents
- 1 Can oxygen and hydrogen make a compound?
- 2 What happens when hydrogen and oxygen bond?
- 3 Can you create water from hydrogen and oxygen?
- 4 Which compound features two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom and is necessary for life?
- 5 Can we create water from hydrogen and oxygen?
- 6 Can you create water with hydrogen and oxygen?
Can oxygen and hydrogen make a compound?
When molecular hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) are combined and allowed to react together, energy is released and the molecules of hydrogen and oxygen can combine to form either water or hydrogen peroxide. These two processes are represented by the two chemical equations shown at right.
What happens when hydrogen and oxygen bond?
Hydrogen molecules violently react with oxygen when the existing molecular bonds break and new bonds are formed between oxygen and hydrogen atoms. As the products of the reaction are at a lower energy level than the reactants, the result is an explosive release of energy and the production of water.
What are the compounds of hydrogen and oxygen called?
Hydrogen polyoxides (also known as oxidanes, oxohydrogens, or oxyhydrogens) are chemical compounds that consist only of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, are bonded exclusively by single bonds (i.e., they are saturated), and are acyclic (have molecular structures containing no cycles or loops).
Can you combine oxygen and hydrogen to make water?
Just mixing hydrogen and oxygen together doesn’t make water – to join them together you need energy. The trouble with adding energy into the equation is that a large-scale chemical reaction of flammable hydrogen and oxygen (which is what keeps a fire burning) is likely to result in a rather large explosion.
Can you create water from hydrogen and oxygen?
Which compound features two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom and is necessary for life?
A water molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. A single oxygen atom contains six electrons in its outer shell, which can hold a total of eight electrons. When two hydrogen atoms are bound to an oxygen atom, the outer electron shell of oxygen is filled.
What is 2H2?
(2H2)hydrogen peroxide.
What kind of bond is formed between the bonding of hydrogen and oxygen?
covalent bonds
Strong linkages—called covalent bonds—hold together the hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red) atoms of individual H2O molecules. Covalent bonds occur when two atoms—in this case oxygen and hydrogen—share electrons with each other.