STRUCTURE OF THE ELEMENT
Figure 1 A Schematic Diagram of H2 
Figure
2 The Ball and Stick Model of Hydrogen. Each sphere in the picture
represents a molecule of H2.
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STRUCTURE OF THE ELEMENT
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| Hydrogen
is located at the top of group 1 of the periodic table with an electronic
configuration of 1s1 Due
to having one single, easily detached electron it is sometimes considered
as apart of the alkali metal group. The Alkali's location on the periodic
table is from Lithium on though. This is where Hydrogen makes an
exception. Hydrogen stands at the head of the alkali metals of Group 1 and
the Halogens Group VII. It similiarly belongs to the Halogens group due to
it having one electron less than the inert, neighboring gas of Helium.
Hydrogen's crystal structure is abbreviated as hcp meaning hexagonal close
packed. See Figure 2.
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