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Hydrogen is produced by several methods, including steam/methane reforming, dissociation of ammonia and recovery from by-product streams from chemical manufacturing and petroleum reforming. Hydrogen can be stored and transported as either a gas or a cryogenic liquid. Hydrogen is used in petroleum refining processes such as hydrotreating, catalytic reforming and hydrocracking. It is a raw material for innumerable chemical processes and is also used a fuel for rocket engines. Hydrogen is often used as a reducing gas in metals processing operations, and can also be used in the manufacture of silicon wafers and computer chips.
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Hydrogen is a reactive,
colourless, odourless, tasteless gaseous element, found in the atmosphere at levels of
about 0.0001%. Like most gaseous elements, hydrogen is diatomic but it dissociates
into free atoms at high temperatures. Hydrogen melts at -259.2°C (-434.56°F) and
boils at -252.77°C (-422.99°F), giving it the lowest boiling and melting points of all
elements except helium. Its gaseous specific gravity is 0.0695.
