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Q.Which of the following is the most reactive?

(a) Ordinary hydrogen
(b) Ortho hydrogen
(c) Nascent hydrogen
(d) Heavy hydrogen
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Nascent (freshly generated, atomic) hydrogen is the most reactive form of hydrogen.

Ordinary hydrogen exists as the stable diatomic molecule H2, which requires energy to break the strong H–H bond before it can react. Nascent hydrogen refers to hydrogen atoms generated at the very moment of a chemical reaction (e.g., Zn + dilute acid), which exist briefly as free, highly reactive atoms before combining into H2 — this makes nascent hydrogen a far more powe …

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