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Hydrogen is a chemical element with symbol H and atomic number 1. With an atomic weight of 1.00794 u (1.007825 u for hydrogen-1), hydrogen is the lightest element and its monatomic form (H1) is the most abundant chemical substance, constituting roughly 75% of the Universe& acute;s baryonic mass. Non-remnant stars are mainly composed of hydrogen in its plasma state.Large quantities of H2 are needed in the petroleum and chemical industries.Hydrogen is employed to saturate broken (& quot;dangling& quot;) bonds of amorphous silicon and amorphous carbon that helps stabilizing material properties. Hydrogen is commonly used in power stations as a coolant in generators due to a number of favorable properties that are a direct result of its light diatomic molecules.In more recent applications, hydrogen is used pure or mixed with nitrogen (sometimes called forming gas) as a tracer gas for minute leak detection.