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Q.Write a few lines on the utility of hydrogen as a fuel.

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Hydrogen is a clean, high-energy fuel: it has the highest calorific value of any fuel and burns to give only water, so it causes no pollution; it is used in rockets and in fuel cells.

Utility of hydrogen as a fuel:

  1. High energy release: Hydrogen has the highest calorific value of all fuels, about 143 kJ per gram (much higher than petrol or LPG per unit mass). So a small mass of hydrogen releases a large amount of energy.

  2. Pollution-free (clean) combustion: When hydrogen burns in oxygen, the only product is water:

    2H2 + O2 -> 2H2O

    Unlike fossil fuels, it produces no CO, CO2, oxides of sulphur or unburnt hydrocarbons, so it does not pollute the air or add to the greenhouse effect.

  3. Uses as a fuel:

  • As liquid hydrogen (with liquid oxygen) it is used as rocket fuel because of its very high energy output.
  • In hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells, the chemical energy of hydrogen is converted directly into electricity, with water as the only product; these are used in spacecraft and are being developed for vehicles. …

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