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Hydrogen Protons and Neutrons

The protons and neutrons of hydrogen are the beginning of all elements. To understand the number of protons and neutrons, one must study the principles of physics in detail.

Hydrogen is normal, and the nucleus contains only one proton, while the neutron is absent. This is the ground state of hydrogen, expressed by the symbol\ (H\). Its light weight is the lightest element in the universe.

However, hydrogen also has isotopes. One is deuterium, which contains a neutron in addition to a proton in the nucleus. It is also called heavy hydrogen. Deuterium can be obtained in small amounts in water, and its properties are slightly different from hydrogen.

There is also tritium, which is another isotope of hydrogen. There is a proton and two neutrons in the nucleus, with the sign\ (T\), which is radioactive.

Therefore, ordinary hydrogen has only one proton and no neutrons; deuterium contains one proton and one neutron; tritium has one proton and two neutrons. Hydrogen isotopes, although the number of protons is the same, the number of neutrons is different, so their physical and chemical properties are also different. They have their unique uses in many fields of scientific research and industrial production.